Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist
Annibale Carracci
after 1606
Medium
Red chalk on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove card
Dimensions
13.2 × 16.4 cm (5 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
115569
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.