Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist (Madonna della Scodella), the seated Mary and the infant Christ hold a cup from which the young Baptist drinks, Elizabeth lifts both hands
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (12.8 × 16.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.321
Tags
Madonna and ChildSaint John the BaptistSaints
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.