Faun by Moonlight | Léon Spilliaert | 1900 Frame Options:Black Frame Caravaggio’s Young Sick Bacchus (1593)

Caravaggio’s Young Sick Bacchus (1593) is a striking early self-portrait in which the artist depicts himself as the god of wine

The painting ultimately reflects late Victorian fascination with crime

he is surrounded by jubilant admirers who shower him with petals

highlighting the artist's connection to nature and the healing power it offered him during a turbulent time

Faun by Moonlight | Léon Spilliaert | 1900 Frame Options:Black Frame Caravaggio’s Young Sick Bacchus (1593)About the artwork: In Faun by Moonlight (1900), Lon Spilliaert, the Belgian Symbolist painter, transforms a simple nocturnal vision into a haunting allegory of instinct and ambiguity. A faunhalf man, half goatplays his instrument beneath the pale glow of the moon, followed by a herd of goats that reinforce the eerie stillness of the scene. Using only greys and blacks, Spilliaert crafts a ghostly atmosphere where light and shadow suggest a world shaped