Galleria Borghese — Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Boy with a Basket of Fruit by Caravaggio, 1594
Caravaggio painted the fruit with real bruises and worm holes, they say, instead of prettying it up like most painters did then — some think that basket's actually the point, not the boy.
Erisava: The fruit gets better lighting than his face does.