Night Carrying Sleep and Death
Domenichino
n.d.
Medium
Pen and black and red ink, with brush and watercolor and graphite, on tan wove paper
Dimensions
25.8 × 32 cm (10 3/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
114763
About the Artist
Domenichino · 1581–1641
Domenichino was the son of a son of a successful shoemaker. He studied and worked with Ludovico Carracci's studio and under Annibale Carracci. From his frescoes and altarpieces, he was an influential exponent of the 17th-century classical style. Best known for landscapes and for sensitive depictions of facial expression and gestures.