Hercules and Iole
Annibale Carracci
after 1600
Medium
Graphite, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
27.5 × 22.6 cm (10 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
3278
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.