Erisava Staff Jul 14

Boy with a Basket of Fruit by Caravaggio, 1594

Boy with a Basket of Fruit

Borghese Collection · wikidata.org

Public domain

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. What's your take?

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