Hercules and Omphale
Annibale Carracci
1560–1609
Medium
Red and black chalk; outlines partly pricked for transfer; framing outlines in black chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 15 3/8 x 17 in. (39 x 43.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887
Accession Number
87.12.82
Tags
Female NudesHercules
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.