Boy with a Basket of Fruit
Caravaggio · 1594
Why it's great
A boy in a loose white shirt holds a basket of fruit and looks over his shoulder, and the fruit is painted very realistically, with some of it going bad. Caravaggio painted it in about 1594.
Where to see it
📍 Galleria BorgheseRoma Capitale, Italy
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Caravaggio was an Italian painter born in 1571, whose real name was Michelangelo Merisi. He painted dramatic scenes lit by a strong beam of light with deep shadows and used ordinary people as models. He had a violent temper, had to flee Rome after a fight, and died in 1610.
