(b Bologna, bapt 3 Nov 1560; d Rome, 15 July
1609).
Painter, draughtsman and printmaker, brother of Agostino Carracci. Since
his lifetime, he has been considered one of the greatest Italian
painters of his age. His masterpiece, the ceiling (1597–1601) of the
Galleria Farnese, Rome, merges a vibrant naturalism with the formal
language of classicism in a grand and monumental style. Annibale was
also instrumental in evolving the ‘ideal’, classical landscape and is
generally credited with the invention of CARICATURE.
The Virgin Appears to Sts Luke and Catherine
1592
Oil on canvas, 401 x 226 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine
1585-87
Oil on canvas
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
Madonna Enthroned with St Matthew
1588
Oil on canvas, 384 x 255 cm
Gemaldegalerie, Dresden
Venus and Adonis
c. 1595
Oil on canvas, 217 x 246 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Venus with a Satyr and Cupids
c. 1588
Oil on canvas, 112 x142 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
1600-01
Oil on canvas, 245 x 155 cm
Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
Lamentation of Christ
1606
Oil on canvas, 92,8 x 103,2 cm
National Gallery, London
The Choice of Heracles
c. 1596
Oil on canvas, 167 x 273 cm
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
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