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The Fruits of Caravaggio:
Mirror of Baroque Horticulture

Jules Janick
Department of Horticulture
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2010, USA
janick@purdue.edu
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Approaches to the Study of Horticulture
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The Visual Arts (drawing, painting, sculpture)
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Two objectives of this presentation:
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Venus Figurines of the Paleolithic
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Paleolithic Cave Art
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Paleolithic Representations of Plants
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Pottery from Tejpe Sialk, Iran, 7,000 years ago showing dancing figures, birds, and plants, perhaps wheat or barley.
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Predynastic drawing of palm tree and gazelle, 5000–6000 years ago.
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Gathering Grain, 4000 BCE.  Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria.
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Uruk vase, 3000 BCE
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Peruvian Ceramic Jars
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Cultivation Technology
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Seed Planting
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Irrigation Technology
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Date Palm Pollination in Assyria
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Harvesting and Pest Control
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October from a calendar of Incan agriculture presented to the King of Spain in 1580
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Grape Culture
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Grape Pressing
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Representation of the fragrance from
essential oils being extracted from an herb.
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Plant Exploration
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Roman Pomology
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Vegetative Propagation
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Sacred trees: Apple, Pear, Fig, Pomegranate
Mosaic of the Paradise, Madaba Jordan, late 6th century.
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Apples
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Pear
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Figs
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Pomegranate
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Peach
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Pitaya
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Vincenzo Campi
Fruit Seller, 1580
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Summer
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
1527–1593
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Bartolomeo Bimbi (1648–1729): Citrus Types and Cultivars
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
1571–1610
Ottavio Leoni
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Caravaggio banknote
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Self Portraits
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
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Fortune Teller
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Judith & Holofernes, 1599
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David With the Head of Goliath
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Death  of the Virgin, 1605
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The Conversion of the Magdalen, 1599
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Fillide Melandroni
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Lena (Magdalena Antognetti)
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Cecco Boneri
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Cecco Boneri
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The Supper at Emmaus (1601)
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The Supper at Emmaus (detail)
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Apple scab
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The Supper at Emmaus
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Amos 8:1–3
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Supper at Emmaus, 1606
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Boy Peeling Fruit, 1592
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Boy Peeling Fruit (detail)
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Self-Portrait as Bacchus
1593
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Boy with a Basket of Fruit
1593
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Boy with a Basket of Fruit (detail)
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Boy with a Basket of Fruit
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The Lute Player 1596
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The Lute Player
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Bacchus
1597
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Bacchus (detail)
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Bacchus (detail)
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Bacchus (detail)
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Mario Minniti
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The Conversion of the Magdalen 1599
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The Conversion of the Magdalen (detail)
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Still Life with a Basket of Fruit (1601)
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Still Life of a Basket of Fruit
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Portrait of the Courtesan Phyllis
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Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge 1603
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Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge
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Spike
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Spike
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Spike
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Giovanni Da Udine
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Giorgio Vasari
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Murals
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Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge 1603
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Apple
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Pear
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‘Moscatelle’ Pear
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Quince
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Peach
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Plum
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Grapes
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Fig
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Micheli ms, Florence
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Pomegranate
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Citrus
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Melon
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Wine
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Baskets
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Insect Damage
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Fungal Diseases
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Leaf Disorders
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Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
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Still Life with Flowers, Fruit, and Vegetables
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Cucumber
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Conclusions
  • Caravaggio’s fruits have both artistic & horticultural significance.
  • Artistically
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Horticulturally
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Juan Sanchez Cotan (1561–1627)
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Love Sleeping, 1608
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Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1597
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Matthew Killed 1599–1600
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Crucifixion of Saint Peter, 1601
Christ Burial, 1603
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Matthew & Angel (I), 1602
 Pilgrims’ Madonna, 1604
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Wignacourt & Page, 1608
Antonio Martelli, 1608