Manure Collector
Annibale Carracci
after 1585
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card
Dimensions
26.8 × 16.4 cm (10 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81804
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.