It is enriched in deep contrasting oil colors such as deep reds, greens, blues, and flesh-tones. There is an almost forced focus with the obvious use of dark and lights (the cavalier is extremely highlighted while his companion is deeply shadowed). From observation, it seems to be your very typical Baroque painting from the seventeen hundredths where colors were dramatically exaggerated to provoke emotion and express passion in extremely contrasting styles, but it also incorporates symbolism, (much like Vanitas still life). There is a distinct distance between the two figures, in which a skeleton is observing the two men. Not only does the skeleton linger above the drinking men, he is also holding, what seems to be, another skull in his hands and an hourglass in the other. According to the description given to us by
It is enriched in deep contrasting oil colors such as deep reds, greens, blues, and flesh-tones. There is an almost forced focus with the obvious use of dark and lights (the cavalier is extremely highlighted while his companion is deeply shadowed). From observation, it seems to be your very typical Baroque painting from the seventeen hundredths where colors were dramatically exaggerated to provoke emotion and express passion in extremely contrasting styles, but it also incorporates symbolism, (much like Vanitas still life). There is a distinct distance between the two figures, in which a skeleton is observing the two men. Not only does the skeleton linger above the drinking men, he is also holding, what seems to be, another skull in his hands and an hourglass in the other. According to the description given to us by