Basket of Fruit

Caravaggio

Painted

c. 1599

Collection

Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan

A basket with a worm-eaten apple, wilting leaves and a dried vine stem, painted exactly as they were, teeters over the edge of a table. With an empty background and the fruit at eye level, it is counted as the first independent still life in Western art; Caravaggio said a picture of flowers deserved as much care as one of figures.

Object record (Wikimedia Commons) · Public domain

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