Caravaggio: Bacchus, Sacrifice of Isaac, Head of Medusa

Caravaggio (1571-1610) “Bacchus as a Youth”

Caravaggio, Adolescent Bacchus, 1598, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Adolescent Bacchus Painting - Oil on Canvas (95 x 85 cm) 1598

The glass of wine has barely been filled, thanks to this cordial gesture, Caravaggio seeks to involve the spectator.

Here we are "invited" to participate in the feast, to drink this wine with Bacchus, to share these fruits and to lie down next to him.

It can also be seen as an allegory of Christ offering the chalice of salvation.

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi, Head of Medusa, 1596-1598, Uffizi Gallery, Florence Italy

Head of Medusa Indeed, the god Bacchus is also a god who died and was resurrected, a harbinger of the Redeemer.

Caravaggio (1571-1610) “Head of Medusa”

Painting - Oil on Canvas and Wood (55 x 55 cm) 1596-1598

The Medusa with the hair of snakes who turns anyone who looks at her to stone.

A very impressive painting in which the Medusa's terror and surprise can be seen, her head has barely been cut off and the blood is still spurting.

Caravaggio (1571-1610) “The Sacrifice of Isaac”

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi, Sacrifice of Isaac, 1603, Uffizi Gallery, Florence Italy

The Sacrifice of Isaac Painting - Oil on Canvas (104 x 135 cm) 1603

The angel stops Abraham's hand as he is about to sacrifice his son Isaac to obey the terrible divine order.

Isaac screams in despair.

Caravaggio painted a ram next to Isaac, a ram that would be sacrificed in his place.

The presence of the ram in this sacrifice also foreshadows that of Christ.

The Sacrifice of Isaac