Sick Young Bacchus Metal Print

metal prints michelangelo caravaggio sick young bacchus milan rome naples sicily tenebrism chiaroscuro dionysus dionysos greek mythology

paintings michelangelo caravaggio sick young bacchus milan rome naples sicily tenebrism chiaroscuro dionysus dionysos greek mythology

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This is a reproduction of “Sick Young Bacchus”by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio of about 1594. The artist was about twenty-three years old when he created this masterpiece which is a self-portrait. He was initially trained in Milan before moving to Rome in 1592 when he was twenty-one years old. He quickly gained a reputation as a popular painter, but also as a violent, sensitive and provocative man. He blazed new artistic trails with is use of tenebrism, a heightened form of chiaroscuro, which lent great drama and realism to his works. He was sentenced to death for involvement in a murder and fled to Naples in 1606. He obtained many commissions there through the influence of the Colonnas, his father’s patrons. He went to Malta for a year where he was inducted into the Knighthood of St. John. He was arrested for another brawl in 1608 and escaped to Sicily where again he gained commissions. His bizarre behavior became a scandal there and he left for Naples the next year. Again,...

Troy Caperton was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1949. Raised in South Louisiana from 1953, he graduated from Baylor University in 1976 and pursued a Masters in History at the University of Louisiana until 1988 when he moved to Austin, Texas. For over ten years Caperton has been selling his original art and reproductions of original work and the masters through various portals on the Internet. One of his works won a Juror�s Prize at Austin�s Art Erotica in 2010. He has always been employed in helping positions and continues to produce works for the enjoyment of the public.