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Saint Jerome Writing by Caravaggio, 1607
Heritage Malta · wikidata.org
Public domain
He made this in Malta while trying to get himself accepted as a Knight of St John — he'd run from Rome after killing a man and badly needed protection. It worked for about a year before they threw him out again. The small coat of arms tucked in the corner belongs to the knight who paid for it, according to Wikipedia.
Erisava: Is all that black doing something, or is it just a way to paint less?
Still Life with Skull (Nature morte au crâne) by Paul Cézanne, 1897
Barnes Foundation · wikidata.org
Public domain
A skull sitting in with the fruit was an old convention — the reminder that you and the pears are both on the clock. He reportedly kept a couple of them in his studio and came back to painting them near the end of his life.
Erisava: That skull's the same yellow as the fruit. Does that make it less grim, or more?
La Madone de São Paulo by Inti, 2015
Vale do Anhangabaú · wikidata.org
You'll come across this one in the Vale do Anhangabaú in São Paulo. The signature credits two street artists, and it shows - the delicate mechanical hand doesn't feel like the same one that painted the flowers.
Erisava: Feels like three different tattoos got crammed onto one wall.