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Annibale Carracci|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)|Leonardo da Vinci|Pier Leone Ghezzi|William Hogarth

April 1743

Characters and Caricaturas by Annibale Carracci|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)|Leonardo da Vinci|Pier Leone Ghezzi|William Hogarth

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)

Tags

FacesMenProfilesWomen

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.

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