Solve, create, share and talk about jigsaw puzzles

David and Goliath (1599) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - 1st version

Bookmarked Bookmark Solve this jigsaw puzzle later
ShareShare with your friends
ReportReport as inappropriate
110
22
Solve puzzle
110 pieces
22 solves
Solve puzzle

Thanks for sharing. Here is your html-code:

Why are you reporting this puzzle?

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio painted three versions of David and Goliath of which this is the first from 1599. David is a youth who has just slain the giant Goliath. His boyish face is cast in shadow. As a result it is Goliath himself who has become the focus of the piece. Just this version portrays the behemoth's armored body. The fist is clenched - as if there is still tension in the corpse. Being just slain his face has a certain self awareness as seen in its outward gaze with the mouth agape. Why is this villain the main attraction? In my reasoning it is because the head is a self-portrait of Caravaggio himself who has provided the viewer with shock value as well as morbid vanity. At the same time he has been a good servant to the faith staying true to the Biblical story. Ever the rebel, maybe the artist is sticking his thumb in the eye of Authority, e.g. the Church. What a scoundrel! You gotta love him.
Why this advertisement?

Leaderboard

  1. Biscuit749:23
  2. rrfan11:43
  3. Nevjoy10915:10
  4. Rob5024:40
  5. Yoliz25:41
  6. ayandell33:18
  7. sam2133:58
  8. poulh1:13:54

Comments

Please sign in to comment. Don't have a profile? Join now! Joining is absolutely free and no personal information is required.

Mischka

@scifi72

Mischka

Caravaggio is just my favorite, and this is such a great painting. I love his "On the Way to Damascus" the best.

Why this advertisement?