Annibale was considered one of the greatest Italian painters of his age. His style is marked by naturalism combined 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. Italian painter. Comment on works: Mythology.

Carracci, Annibale

Biography

Notable Works

Artworks

The Virgin seated holding a pillow on her lap with the young Christ standing at right

The Virgin seated holding a pillow on her lap with the young Christ standing at right

Saint Roch at right distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci

Female Nude (Danaë)

Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness

The Burial of Christ

The Coronation of the Virgin

Two Children Teasing a Cat

Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist (Madonna della Scodella), the seated Mary and the infant Christ hold a cup from which the young Baptist drinks, Elizabeth lifts both hands

Saint Roch at left distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci

Saint Roch at left distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci

Saint Roch at left distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci

Venus and Anchises, accompanied by Cupid

La Vierge au sepulcre

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness