Caravaggio’s Boy with a Basket of Fruit

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Baroque painting oil painting painting

Caravaggio’s *Boy with a Basket of Fruit* is an early Baroque painting depicting a sensuous young boy holding an abundant basket of realistically rendered fruit, showcasing the artist’s dramatic use of light and naturalistic detail.

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Caravaggio’s Boy with a Basket of Fruit canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance early work of Caravaggio ⓘ
example of Caravaggio’s naturalism ⓘ
important in development of Baroque still life ⓘ
artisticStyle Italian Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Counter-Reformation art ⓘ
collection Borghese Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Caravaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorNationality Italian ⓘ
depictedObject apples ⓘ
figs ⓘ
grapes ⓘ
leafy foliage ⓘ
pears ⓘ
pomegranate ⓘ
depicts basket of fruit ⓘ
half-length figure ⓘ
still life with fruit ⓘ
young boy ⓘ
genre portrait ⓘ
still life ⓘ
inception c. 1593 ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ
lightingTechnique chiaroscuro ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
location Galleria Borghese NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
movementPeriod early Baroque ⓘ
notableFeature detailed botanical realism ⓘ
dramatic use of light and shadow ⓘ
naturalistic depiction of fruit ⓘ
sensuous portrayal of the model ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle Ragazzo con canestro di frutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
painterFullName Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodInArtistCareer early career of Caravaggio ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ
theme abundance ⓘ
sensuality ⓘ
vanitas (implied through perishable fruit) ⓘ
youth ⓘ
title Boy with a Basket of Fruit NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Cardinal Scipione Borghese → collectionContains → Caravaggio’s Boy with a Basket of Fruit ⓘ
subject surface form: Scipione Borghese
Scipione Borghese → collectorOf → Caravaggio’s Boy with a Basket of Fruit ⓘ