Saint Roch at right distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci
ca. 1600–40
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 15/16 × 17 11/16 in. (30.4 × 45 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.977
Tags
Art Historical Context
This enchanting engraving, titled *Saint Roch at right distributingms to a group of gathered around him*, captures a moment of profound compassion from around 1600–40. Created anonymously after the renowned Bolognese artist Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), it depicts the beloved saint—patron of plague victims and the impoverished—bestowing charity on a gathered crowd. Carracci, a pioneer of the Baroque era alongside his brothers Agostino and Ludovico, revolutionized Italian art by blending classical harmony with naturalistic emotion, moving away from Mannerist exaggeration toward lifelike figure...
About the Artist
Annibale Carracci|Anonymous · 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.