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Article · Art
Goliath's face is the painter's face. So is David's. Two self-portraits on one canvas.
In his last years, on the run from a murder charge, Caravaggio painted himself twice in one canvas — as the head, and as the boy holding it.
Article · Art
Judas kisses. A soldier grabs. At the edge of the canvas, the painter holds the lantern — and does not look away.
The lantern in Caravaggio's Taking of Christ is held by the painter himself. A betrayal is happening. The man who lit it has not turned his eyes away.