Seated Satyr
Annibale Carracci
1622/94
Medium
Red chalk, over black chalk, on tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
50.3 × 35.9 cm (19 13/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81370
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.