Curator’s note
David with the Head of Goliath
Caravaggio’s treatment of David and Goliath, focusing not on triumph but on the boy’s complex expression as he holds the severed head. Deep darkness and a single shaft of light reveal cruelty and pity at once.
Source: Arterra 큐레이션
- Date
- 1605
- Medium
- canvas
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