YOUNG SICK BACCHUS BY CARAVAGGIO

The painting called Young Sick Bacchus is painted by Caravaggio shortly after his arrival in Rome from Lombardy. This is definitely a self-portrait that was painted after a sickness, which is evident in the pallor of the figure's face and lips. The bunches of grapes in the foreground convey his passion for perfectly depicting nature. You can notice the same passion in another work titled Boy with a Basket of Fruit, in which the fruit and the leaves in the basket are almost overflowing with life.