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After getting into a fight with Fernando, Michele leaves Mario to begin to travel to Rome. He is arrested, however, though he is released once the officer gains confirmation that he is pardoned. Michele grows ill and dies, and he is promised that his paintings will be the "heartbeat" of Rome.

Michele earns his Knighthood, but he gets into a fight with another Knight, Fernando. He is thrown into a prison, and is allowed to escape by the pope and is pardoned. He is stripped of his Knighthood, and is in Sicily, where Mario resides. Mario has his own studio and a lot of apprentices, and they go out together. Michele sees Fernando though, and they fight.

Michele gets a commission at St. Peters, but it is taken down after three days. Michele kills Ranuccio, and is forced to flee to Venice. He is forced to enter knighthood courses, and is using painting as his payment, in order to get a pardon for his murder.

Anna dies from seizures and complications during birth, prompting Mario to leave for Sicily to marry the woman his father wants him to. Michele replicates her death in his painting for a church about the Virgin Death. Michele and his friends get arrested for libel against a painter that took Michele's commission. Lena is painted as the Virgin, and Michele attacks a man trying to marry her because he slandered Michele

Michele becomes the most well-known and sought-after painter in Rome, after his new version of St. Matthew is deemed better. He is still trying to get a commission at St. Peters. Mario says he is going to leave Rome, as they are almost 30; however, Anna turns out to be pregnant and Mario's Sicilian honor is keeping him with her.

The Church is not pleased with Caravaggio's painting of St. Matthew because they believed he looked too dirty, and not idealistic enough. Filide comes to Michele, saying that she stabbed another courtesan after seeing her in bed with their pimp, whom she loves. Michele gets into a fight with the pimp and gets thrown into jail.

Caravaggio goes to see Filide to plant a rumor about his old master, and he says he will not be seeing her again. A philosopher named Bruno is being executed, and has been rotting in the jail. He is executed by burning at the stake, and Michele deems him a martyr.

Michele finishes his commissions for the church, and he becomes extremely well known. He still is hoping for a commission for St. Peters and from the Pope. He begins to get thrown into jail multiple times. While he is playing chess with Del Monte, he is visited by his old master, who tries to nominate him for a religious painting institution and attempts to take credit for training him.

Beatrice and her family's execution caused mass mourning throughout the city, leaving Michele to be inspired to paint an image of the event. Michele gets a sword, and is arrested by the Roman police because they believe he does not have a permit. Michele is given a commission for two altarpieces for a church, though he is disappointed because it isn't for St. Peters.

Ficille speaks to Caravaggio of the noblewomen Beatrice who is to be executed or tortured because her and her family killed her father, who raped and assulated their family. Caravaggio begins to paint Ficille as Judith, whom people see as Beatrice. He vows to paint Beatrice again in defiance of the pope, and she faces her public execution. However, people were saddened by her injustice.