Hercules and Iole
Medium
Red chalk and red chalk wash, heightened with traces of white, on cream laid paper prepared with tan ground
Dimensions
28.6 × 26.7 cm (11 5/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
82570
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.