Plum leaves
Caravaggio "Bacchus" 1596-97
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian 1573-1610)
Oil on canvas,
101 x 89 cm
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Caravaggio pushed his figures up against the picture plane and used dramatic lighting which gives his paintings a quality of immediacy. He portrayed realistic observations of the physical and emotional human state. These combined characteristics had a formative influence on Baroque painting.
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Additional ultra-high-definition viewing of this painting at Haltadefinizione:
www.haltadefinizione.com/en/gallery/caravaggio-bacchus
Caravaggio "Bacchus" 1596-97
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian 1573-1610)
Oil on canvas,
101 x 89 cm
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Caravaggio pushed his figures up against the picture plane and used dramatic lighting which gives his paintings a quality of immediacy. He portrayed realistic observations of the physical and emotional human state. These combined characteristics had a formative influence on Baroque painting.
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Additional ultra-high-definition viewing of this painting at Haltadefinizione:
www.haltadefinizione.com/en/gallery/caravaggio-bacchus