Musicians is a painting which was created by the great Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1595. It is currently held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This masterpiece is an example of the Italian Baroque style of painting, and was crafted as oil on canvas with dimensions of 36 1/4 x 46 5/8 in 36 1/4 x 46 5/8 inches. The painting was created for Caravaggio’s first patron Cardinal Francesco del Monte who had a great interest in music. The picture displays four young boys dressed in classic, roman style white togas. They are playing instruments (one has a Lute), singing and reading music. A violin appears in the foreground that is not being played, almost as if the artist is inviting the viewer to join in the musical rendition. All of the figures seem to have rosy cheeks, one clearly has red hair, giving them a certain “cherubic” look. By today’s standards, their appearance could be interpreted as extremely feminine, but for Caravaggio’s time in history it was a common look. The fourth boy in the back left corner has what appear to be wings, and there are a group of arrows emerging from behind his right shoulder. Both of these symbols are…