I Confess? ‘David With The Head Of Goliath’ (1609–1610) By Caravaggio

Caravaggio’s last painting? A new interpretation.

Marc Barham
Counter Arts
Published in
6 min readApr 20, 2024

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David With The Head Of Goliath by Caravaggio (Wikimedia)

It’s always dangerous to interpret an artist’s works in terms of his life, but in the case of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio the temptation is overwhelming, and every writer on Caravaggio seems to willingly surrender to it.

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Marc Barham
Counter Arts

Column @ timetravelnexus.com on iconic books, TV shows/films: Time Travel Peregrinations. Reviewed all episodes of ‘Dark’ @ site. https://linktr.ee/marcbarham64