1610
oil
From the collection of Borghese Collection
Saint John the Baptist is a 1610 oil by Caravaggio, a Baroque work, depicting John the Baptist, held at Borghese Collection.
This painting shows a young man sitting on a rock, with a ram behind him. He is wearing a white cloth wrapped around his waist and has a red cloak draped over his left shoulder. He is holding a long stick in his right hand and looking to his left. The young man is sitting in a dark area, with only a little light shining on him from the left side. This makes his body stand out from the background. The ram behind him is also lit up, but not as much as the young man. The painting is done in a style that uses strong contrasts between light and dark, which makes the figures stand out. If you want to learn more about this style, look into chiaroscuro.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life.
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