Characters and Caricaturas
Medium
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 13/16 in. (27.7 x 22.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(152)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Annibale Carracci|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)|Leonardo da Vinci|Pier Leone Ghezzi|William Hogarth · 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.