Did Caravaggio really say 'I see this priest for the first time.'?

Caravaggio Quote Source & Citation:

I see this priest for the first time.

— Caravaggio Early Modern · Baroque painter

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"He would not let a day pass without sketching some figure from life."

"He was always dressed in black, with a sword at his side."

"I know nothing about painting, but I know how to paint."

"I paint with my eyes, not with my hands."

"He was of a dark and melancholy temperament, and very quarrelsome."

Denying his own brother (a priest) in front of Cardinal del Monte.

Date: Late 1590s - early 1600s (approximate)

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