The Musicians, ca. 1595
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Lombard, 1571–1610)
Oil on canvas
I love this painting. So innocent. "Cupid" playing on a lute. Caravaggio's love of chiaroscuro carves the figures out of the background of the painting. It is sweet, youthful, hopeful. And dark. Caravaggio was dark, constantly drunk, brawling, and responsible for at least two murders. And dead himself at 36. And inside all of that darkness was this genius.
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