Trivia / Young Sick Bacchus

• Reality Subtext:
  • The reason why Bacchus' pose is so awkward was that Caravaggio painted it using a convex mirror.
  • It is often disputed as to why Bacchus in this picture looks the way he does. Some credited it as bad lighting when it was being painted. Others believed that he painted it just after being relieved from the hospital, having been recovering either from malaria or being kicked by a horse.

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