Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Annibale Carracci
c. 1591
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within platemark): 25.7 × 18.8 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1974.34.1
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.