Caravaggio's "Boy with a Basket of Fruit" in Focus

Celebrating the extraordinary loan from the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the painting Boy with a Basket of Fruit is an important early work by Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio.

The exhibition juxtaposes this remarkable work with some precedents for its naturalism, including earlier paintings from Milan and by Caravaggio’s slightly older contemporary Annibale Carracci. The installation will also include a selection of works that document the powerful impact Caravaggio had on Roman art. It concludes with Gianlorenzo Bernini’s portrait drawing of Scipione Borghese, the early owner of the Boy with a Basket of Fruit painting and the collector largely responsible for the Galleria Borghese.

Running from January 16 through April 19, 2026, the exhibition is being held at the Morgan Library, 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

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