Caravaggio : David with the Head of Goliath

Caravaggio : David with the Head of Goliath

David with the Head of Goliath is a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio. It is housed in the Galleria Borghese, Rome.[1] The painting, which was in the collection of Cardinal Scipione Borghese[a] in 1650,[3] has been dated as early as 1605 and as late as 1609–1610, with more recent scholars[who?] tending towards the former [4]


The immediate inspiration for Caravaggio is a work by a follower of Giorgione, c.1510, but Caravaggio captures the drama more effectively by having the head dangling from David's hand and dripping blood, rather than resting on a ledge.[1]


The sword in David's hand carries an abbreviated inscription H-AS OS; this has been interpreted as an abbreviation of the Latin phrase Humilitas occidit superbiam ("humility kills pride").[1]David is perturbed, "his expression mingling sadness and compassion."[1]



David with the Head of Goliath
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_with_the_Head_of_Goliath


Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/caravagg/index.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messidor#mediaviewer/File:Messidor.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vent%C3%B4se#mediaviewer/File:Ventose.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vend%C3%A9miaire#mediaviewer/File:Vendemiaire.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brumaire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frimaire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niv%C3%B4se

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluvi%C3%B4se

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vent%C3%B4se

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germinal_%28French_Republican_Calendar%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flor%C3%A9al

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messidor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructidor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vend%C3%A9miaire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar