Appreciation of Bacchus's Works

Bacchus is 95 cm high and 85 cm wide. This painting may have been made by Caravaggio on the orders of Cardinal grimaldi Delmonte, who is the patron of the painter. This painting has been collected by the Tuscan Grand Office since17th century. Now in uffizi gallery, Florence. This work was completely forgotten by people until 19 13 was rediscovered in the warehouse of the museum. Because the picture was badly damaged, a lot of repairs were made at that time.

At that time, due to the popularity of emotionalism, the works generally showed the characteristics of bright colors and profound themes. But Caravaggio's paintings are different from affectation, with bright and dark colors and mediocre themes, and often take a bar scene as the description object. He transplanted the contents of religion and fairy tales into his life in the civilian world, and took this painting as his masterpiece.

Caravaggio's works are mostly sweet genre paintings and anti-Reformation religious paintings. In works such as The Pianist and Bacchus, the characters' foreheads are littered with plump and sweet curls. Elegant hands fiddle with the strings, lazy eyes reveal the breath of depravity and enjoyment, and decorative flowers, flowers and wine bottles show secular eyes.