"Bacchante With A Monkey"

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"This paper will analyze the painting Bacchante with a Monkey (1627) by the Dutch artist Hendrick Terbrugghen (1588 - 1629). The painting is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, California.


Bacchante with a Monkey is painted in the Baroque style. Terbrugghen was deeply influenced by the Italian painter Caravaggio, and this work exhibits that influence fully. The romantic choice of subject matter coupled with the naturalistic style of painting and the particular technique in using light and shadow are all elements of the Caravaggesque style.


Terbrugghen was from the city of Utrecht, in Holland. At the age of sixteen he travelled to Rome, Italy, and spent the next ten years of his life there. While in Rome, Terbrugghen became deeply influenced by the work of the early Baroque master..."

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