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| c1590-1600 Self Portrait in Profile oil on canvas 37.9 x 45.4 cm Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy |
"Neither clean nor well-dressed, with his collar askew, his hat jammed on any old way and his unkempt beard, Annibale Carracci seemed to be like an ancient philosopher, absent-minded and alone," wrote an early biographer. A tailor's son, Carracci considered himself a craftsman, not a courtier, but the Romans buried him in the Pantheon beside Raphael.
Along with his older brother Agostino and his cousin Lodovico, Annibale founded the Accademia degli Incamminati (Academy of the Progressives) in Bologna, which focused on naturalism and rejected Mannerism. There they revived the practice of working from life, focusing on the craft of art rather than the elegant life of court painters. The Carracci were tireless observers. Scholars credit Annibale with teaching caricature and helping to revive the process of creating extensive preparatory drawings for paintings.
Between 1597 and 1601, Carracci worked on the gallery ceiling of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, his most important legacy. Conceiving the ceiling as open to the sky, he painted its mythological love scenes as framed easel pictures within an illusionistic framework. After receiving a paltry five hundred lire for this extensive decoration, he suffered a breakdown. A prolific draftsman, Carracci derived his heroic figure style from antique sculpture and Michelangelo and Raphael's art, but he added a richness and buoyancy from his copious studies from life. He originated the "ideal landscape," with figures, buildings, and nature in perfect balance, a nature tamed and ennobled by man's presence.
J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
This is part 2 of a 6-part series on the works of Annibale Carracci:
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| 1585 Saint Francis of Assisi engraving (size not given) National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1585-87 Christ wearing the Crown of Thorns, supported by Angels oil on canvas 85 x 100 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany |
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| 1585-87 The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine oil on canvas 160 x 128 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Naples |
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| c1585-87 Landscape with a Fortified Town in the Distance pen and brown ink 28.6 x 42.5 cm Rijksmueum, Amsterdam |
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| c1585-90 A young man pulling on a sock red chalk on paper 29.2 x 37.2 cm © The Trustees of the British Museum, London |
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| 1585-1590 Portrait of a Boy chalk on paper 26.7 x 17 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| c1585 Two Putti red chalk and some black chalk on paper 18.9 x 17.6 cm © The Trustees of the British Museum, London |
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| 1587 The Madonna of the Swallow engraving on laid paper 15.5 x 12 cm (sheet) National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1587 Virgin and Child with Saint Lucy and the Young John the Baptist oil on wood panel 78.5 x 63 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT |
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| c1587 The Assumption of the Virgin oil on canvas 130 x 97 cm © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid |
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| 1588 Madonna Enthroned with Saint Matthew oil on canvas 284 x 255 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany |
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| 1588-90 Two Children teasing a Cat oil on canvas 66 x 89 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| c1588-90 A monkey on a man's shoulders, study for a painting red chalk on paper 17.4 x 17.9 cm © The Trustees of the British Museum, London |
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| c1588 Venus with a Satyr and Two Cupids oil on canvas 112 x 142 cm Uffizi Gallery, Florence |
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| c1589 The Holy Family oil on canvas 69.9 x 61 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
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| 1590 The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist etching and engraving 16.3 x 22 cm (plate) Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum, MA Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College |
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| c1590-92 Head of an Old Man (attributed to Carracci) oil on canvas 39.4 x 27.9 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London |
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| 1590-95 Madonna and Child with an Angel etching on laid paper 9.2 x 9.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1590-95 River Allegory oil on canvas 108 x 94 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Naples |
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| 1590-95 Susanna and the Elders etching with engraving on ivory laid paper 32.4 x x 31.4 cm (image) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1590-95 The Madonna and Child with an Apple etching and engraving on laid paper 15.1 x 11 cm (sheet) National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1590-95 Venus Adorned by the Graces oil on panel transferred to canvas 133 x 170.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1590-95 Venus Adorned by the Graces detail |
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| c1590-95 Landscape with Figures by an Estuary with Sailing Boats pen and brown ink on laid paper 11.2 x 18.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1590-1600 Head of a Woman Looking to Upper Left (attributed to) charcoal, highlighted with white chalk, on blue paper faded light brown. 43 x 35.7 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| c1590 Assumption of the Virgin oil on canvas 130 x 97 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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| c1590 Chimney Sweep pen, brown ink and wash, heightened with white, on paper 27.6 x 16.7 cm National Galleries Scotland, UK |
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| c1590 River Landscape oil on canvas 88.3 x 148.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| c1590 River Landscape with Boats pen and brown ink on light brown laid paper 22.3 x 40.5 cm The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| c1590 The Bean Eater oil on canvas 57 x 68 cm Galleria Colonna, Rome |
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| c1590 Venus, Adonis and Cupid oil on (canvas?) 212 x 268 cm © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid |
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| c1590 Venus, Adonis and Cupid detail |
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| c1590 Venus, Adonis and Cupid detail |
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| 1591 Mary Magdalene in the Wilderness etching and engraving (size not given) National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1591 St. Jerome in the Wilderness etching and engraving 25.4 x 19.1 cm (sheet) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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| 1592 Jupiter and Antiope engraving 15.1 x 22.2 cm Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany |
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| 1592 Pan oil on canvas 109 x 135 cm (six-sided frame) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
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| 1592 The Virgin Appears to Sts Luke and Catherine oil on canvas 401 x 226 cm Louvre, Paris |
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| 1592 Venus and a Satyr "Jupiter and Antiope" etching with engraving on laid paper 15.4 x 22.5 cm (plate) National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1592-1602 Three Heads of Men pen and brush on paper 21.6 x 18.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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