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CARAVAGGIO: David and Goliath

🖼 David and Goliath, c. 1600
Oil on canvas
110 × 91 cm
Madrid, Spain

Dramatic chiaroscuro illuminates young David holding Goliath's severed head, his face twisted between triumph and revulsion. Caravaggio's psychologically complex interpretation transforms biblical victory into intimate human trauma, revolutionizing religious art through raw emotional realism.

Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Sebastian Schütze
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