Young Sick Bacchus

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, c. 1593

Oil on canvas, 67 × 53 cm

Galleria Borghese, Rome

Room I · The Early Years (c. 1592–1597)

Young Sick Bacchus, Caravaggio, c. 1593 — Image: Wikimedia Commons, public domain

An early self-portrait as the god of wine, with the sallow complexion that gave the picture its name. According to Caravaggio's first biographer, Giovanni Baglione, he painted it from his reflection in a mirror.