Back View of a Seated Nude Youth Facing Left
Annibale Carracci
1560–1609
Medium
Red chalk, with traces of highlights in white chalk (?)
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 5/16 x 9 in. (31.4 x 22.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession Number
11.66.6
Tags
Male Nudes
About the Artist
Annibale Carracci · 1560–1609
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.