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Bacchus

Caravaggio

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$59Unframed print · made to order

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About this work

Artist: Caravaggio (1571–1610)
Year: c. 1596
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 95 × 85 cm
Collection: Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Movement: Baroque

A plump young man with flushed cheeks, crowned with vine leaves and grapes and wrapped in a sheet, reclines on a couch and offers the viewer a shallow glass of red wine, a carafe and a basket of over-ripe fruit beside him. Caravaggio painted it in Rome around 1596, probably for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte, his first important patron, and it was most likely sent to Florence as a gift to the Medici. The god of wine is a Roman street boy in fancy dress, with dirty fingernails and a sunburnt face, and the fruit is already spotting with decay. A reflection of the painter at his easel has been found in the carafe. The canvas was rediscovered in the Uffizi storerooms in 1913 and has been one of the gallery's attractions since.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Print — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Bacchus in the public domain?

Yes. Caravaggio (1571–1610) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Uffizi Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Bacchus painted, and in what medium?

Bacchus dates from c. 1596 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 95 × 85 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Caravaggio's Bacchus — Bacchus — the languid young god with vine leaves and a brimming glass of wine — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Baroque and The Drama of Light, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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