Bacchus

about 1598

Oil on canvas, 37 1/2 × 33 1/2 in. Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Caravaggio (Italian, 1571–1610). Look at the light: one source from the upper left falls on skin, cloth and fruit, and the wall behind drops away into brown.

Look at

The bare shoulder at left is the brightest patch in the picture, and the face is turned so its shaded side falls away from it.
The white drapery is modelled in big folds with hard lights and deep creases, like carved marble.
The fruit bowl is painted as closely as the face, with bruises and wormholes left in.
The wine glass is held out toward you, at the front edge of the picture.

A youth crowned with vine leaves as the wine god, offering a glass.

Image: Wikimedia Commons (scanned reproduction) · Public domain (faithful reproduction of a public-domain 2D work)