Saint Roch at right distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci
Medium
Etching
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
53.600.978
Tags
WomenSaintsCrowd
About the Artist
Annibale Carracci|François Langlois|Anonymous|Francesco Brizio · 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.