Mourning over the Body of Saint Stephen
Annibale Carracci
1604/1799
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
21.4 × 27.6 cm (8 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
85797
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.