Pieta (the "Christ of Caprarola")
Medium
etching, engraving, and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 12.5 x 16.2 cm (4 15/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kate Ganz
Accession Number
2008.104.12
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.