The closest echo in art history for such a fiercely furrowed, lock-eyed, and, yes, trumpant glare is an out-of-the-way portrait from the paintbrush of the 17th-Century Italian Baroque artist ...

Several other experts on Caravaggio and 17th-century painting have ... striking realism, and dramatic chiaroscuro, Caravaggio shaped the Italian Baroque style of the Counter-Reformation era.