Perseus Beheading Medusa (recto); Studies of a Child and Ornament Sketches (verso)
1560–1609
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk or charcoal, scribbles in a darker brown ink at upper right (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (verso)
Dimensions
sheet: 5 1/16 x 9 7/16 in. (12.8 x 24 cm) maximum, arch-shaped
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.204.3
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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.