This is the second installment of the David With Goliath’s Head reproduction. I actually painted David’s face yesterday after Goliath’s head, but the hand I painted today. I also painted the rough draft of the torso, but I’m not done with it yet so I’ve excluded it.
I’m happy with David’s face and I think it resembles the original well. The face is a little weird looking but I think the same is true of the original. We know that Caravaggio used average looking street people for models, and this one is no exception. This particular one was possibly the artist’s assistant and friend. David’s expression differs here from the two earlier ones. The first shows a child David almost giddy having just felled the giant. The second shows a confident adolescent, chin up and celebrating his victory. The third and final one (possibly the final painting) shows an expression of compassion for his victim.
The next post should show a completed painting, done in oil on a 36″ x 24″ canvas, with the composition slightly cropped from the original, to fit in these dimensions.
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