Caravaggio painted Bacchus in 1596 for Cardinal del Monte. Bacchus is reclined, relaxing with a glass of wine he offers to the viewer. Surrounding him is fruit aplenty, and his hair is surrounded by a halo of grape leaves. He is the god of wine and madness. It is possible that this ...
A reflection of Bacchus can be found both in the carafe and in the wine in the goblet in his hand. Innovation and Symbolism Caravaggio advanced the realist, humanistic style of painting that the later Renaissance perfected. His Baccus is not portrayed as a perfect saint but rather as a ...
For the first time in the history of European painting the theme of Bacchus (1597, Uffizi, Florence) becomes little more than a pretext for the depiction of all kinds of natural events and everyday objects; the adolescent figure of the god, crowned with vineleaves, is treated almost ...
Time it to finish eating with your pre-reserved entry to the museum. Once a neoclassical mansion, in 1997 it opened as a museum housing the Borghese family collection. Here you’ll find the biggest collection of Caravaggios including Young Bacchus (1594), Madonna and Child with St. Anne (...
Caravaggio’s works overtly eroticise the male figure, notably his homoerotic representations of Biblical figures like John the Baptist and mythological figures like Bacchus and Cupid. Caravaggio's works have influenced gay male artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe and Derek Jarman, and would undoubtedly...