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Caravaggio: David with the Head of Goliath (1601/02)

Caravaggio 1573 – 1610

David with the Head of Goliath (1601/02)

oil on canvas (110 × 91 cm) — c. 1601/02
Museo del Prado, Madrid

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This work is linked to 1 Samuel 17:51

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This is one out of three paintings by Caravaggio on the subject of David and Goliath. The other ones date from 1606 and 1610.

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