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Boy with a Basket of Fruit
Painting by Caravaggio
| Boy with a Basket of Fruit | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Caravaggio |
| Year | c.Caravaggio still life paintings1593 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 70 cm × 67 cm (28 in × 26 in) |
| Location | Galleria Borghese, Rome |
Boy with a Basket of Fruit is an oil on canvas painting generally ascribed to ItalianBaroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, created c. 1593.
It is held in the Galleria Borghese, in Rome.
Background
The painting dates from the time when Caravaggio, newly arrived in Rome from his native Milan, was making his way in the competitive Roman art world.
The model was his friend and companion, the Sicilian painter Mario Minniti, at about 16 years old. The work was in the collection of Giuseppe Cesari, the Cavaliere d'Arpino, seized by Cardinal Scipione Borghese in 1607, and may therefore date to the period when Caravaggio worked for d'Arpino "painting flowers and fruits" in his workshop; b