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Giovane con canestra di frutta (c.1595)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giovane con canestra di frutta (Boy with a basket of fruit) c.1595 Oil on canvas, 70 x 67 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The canvas comes from the group of works confiscated in 1607 from Giuseppe Cesari, known as the Cavalier…

Sacrificio di Isacco (c.1603)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Sacrificio di Isacco (Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1603 Oil on canvas, 104 x 135 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The painting illustrates the Old Testament passage in which God subjected Abraham to an extraordinary test of obedience by ordering him to…

Narciso (1597-1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Narciso (Narcissus) 1597–1599 Oil on canvas, 113.3 x 94 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The classical myth of Narcissus had been frequently represented since antiquity, but the version by Caravaggio is distinguished by its unusual compositional scheme, conceived rather like a…

Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith Beheading Holofernes) c.1599 Oil on canvas, 145 x 195 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma Three characters and a red cloth in the background: few elements, capable of orchestrating a true theater of opposites. Darkness and light,…

Conversione di San Paolo (1600-1601)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo (Conversion of Saint Paul) 1600–1601 Oil on canvas, 230 x 175 cm Cappella Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo 1600 Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Roma    

Edouard Blau (1866)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Edouard Blau 1866 Oil on canvas 59.5 x 43.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Blau, Édouard (1836-1906)