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Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness

Annibale Carracci

ca. 1600

Medium

Oil on copper

Tags

Landscapes Saint John the Baptist Jesus

Dimensions

21 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (54.3 x 43.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Fabrizio Moretti and Adam Williams, in honor of Everett Fahy, 2009

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Annibale Carracci

1560–1609 • Papal States

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.

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