Alexander and Thaïs Setting Fire to Persepolis
Lodovico Carracci
probably c. 1592
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash and white heightening on paper washed orange-brown
Dimensions
overall: 21.1 x 14 cm (8 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
William Nelson Cromwell Fund
Accession Number
1975.55.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Lodovico Carracci · 1555–1619
Lodovico's style is charaterized by being less classical than that of his younger cousins, Agostino and Annibale, his figures have a sense of other-worldliness, and he is more influenced by Mannerist art than his cousins. Like his cousins, he espoused the direct study of nature, especially through figure drawing; he was influenced by the paintings of Correggio and the Venetians.