David with the Head of Goliath by Caravaggio

E943901

Baroque painting painting

"David with the Head of Goliath" is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the biblical hero David holding the severed head of Goliath, renowned for its intense realism, psychological depth, and striking use of light and shadow.

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Label	Occurrences
Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath	1
David with the Head of Goliath by Caravaggio canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artForm	easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalContext	Counter-Reformation art ⓘ
artist	Caravaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ
artisticSchool	Italian Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ
artisticStyle	tenebrism ⓘ
artisticTechnique	dramatic spotlighting ⓘ strong modeling of forms with light and shadow ⓘ
basedOn	Biblical story of David and Goliath ⓘ Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorPalette	dark background with illuminated figures ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Caravaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	Biblical narrative ⓘ
depicts	David NERFINISHED ⓘ Goliath NERFINISHED ⓘ severed head of Goliath ⓘ
genre	religious painting ⓘ
hasMotif	severed head ⓘ sword ⓘ youthful hero ⓘ
influencedBy	Catholic Counter-Reformation ideals ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
medium	oil on canvas ⓘ oil paint ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic lighting ⓘ intense realism ⓘ psychological depth ⓘ strong contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ
period	early 17th century ⓘ
portrays	decapitated Goliath NERFINISHED ⓘ young David ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
subjectHeading	David holding the head of Goliath ⓘ
support	canvas ⓘ
theme	repentance ⓘ triumph of faith ⓘ victory over evil ⓘ violence ⓘ
titleInItalian	Davide con la testa di Golia NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses	chiaroscuro ⓘ
visualCharacteristic	dramatic contrast between light and darkness ⓘ expressive facial expressions ⓘ naturalistic depiction of flesh and blood ⓘ

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KHM → hasNotableWork → David with the Head of Goliath by Caravaggio ⓘ

Scipione Borghese → collectorOf → David with the Head of Goliath by Caravaggio ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath