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Female Nude (Danaë)

Annibale Carracci | French | Unknown

late 17th century

Medium

Black chalk

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Dimensions

11 15/16 x 8 9/16 in. (30.4 x 21.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Rights

Public Domain

About Annibale Carracci

1560–1609 • Papal States

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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