1601 (ca.), Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), David with Goliath's Head -- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)
From the museum label: Condensing the biblical story of the David's victorious struggle over the giant Philistine general Goliath, Carzvaggio interprets it in a personal way: he shows a melancholy victor who seems to reflect both on himself and his victim. Despite the smooth surface (wood as a painting surface is unusual for Caravaggio), the stylistic proximity to "Madonna of the Rosary" and other works of Caravaggio from his Roman period can be seen.
1601 (ca.), Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), David with Goliath's Head -- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)
From the museum label: Condensing the biblical story of the David's victorious struggle over the giant Philistine general Goliath, Carzvaggio interprets it in a personal way: he shows a melancholy victor who seems to reflect both on himself and his victim. Despite the smooth surface (wood as a painting surface is unusual for Caravaggio), the stylistic proximity to "Madonna of the Rosary" and other works of Caravaggio from his Roman period can be seen.