Boy with a Basket of Fruit

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Boy with a Basket of Fruit is an early Baroque oil painting by Caravaggio depicting a sensuous young man holding an abundant basket of fruit, notable for its dramatic realism and detailed still-life elements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting
oil painting
painting
artHistoricalPeriod Italian Baroque
artist Caravaggio
artisticStyle early Baroque
cataloguedAs an early Roman period work by Caravaggio
collection Borghese Collection
linked to: Galleria Borghese
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Caravaggio
depicts apples
basket of fruit
figs
grapes
leafy foliage
peaches
pear
pomegranates
still life
young man
genre portrait
still life
hasArtisticFocus combination of figure and still life
hasColorPalette earth tones
warm tones
hasPerspective three-quarter view of the boy
inception c. 1593
late 16th century
influencedBy Lombard naturalism
Northern Italian still-life traditions
languageOfTitle Italian
locatedIn Italy
Rome
location Galleria Borghese
medium oil on canvas
oil paint
movement Baroque
notableFor detailed still-life elements
dramatic realism
sensuous depiction of a youth
orientation vertical
originalTitle Ragazzo con canestro di frutta
partOf Caravaggio's early works in Rome
linked to: Caravaggio
subjectPossiblyIdentifiedAs Mario Minniti
theme abundance
naturalism
sensuality
usesTechnique chiaroscuro
realistic modeling of light and shadow

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Caravaggio notableWork Boy with a Basket of Fruit
Galleria Borghese hasCollectionItem Boy with a Basket of Fruit by Caravaggio
linked to: Boy with a Basket of Fruit
Boy with a Basket of Fruit originalTitle Ragazzo con canestro di frutta
linked to: Boy with a Basket of Fruit