Studies for a Figure of Saint Francis Kneeling in a Three-Quarter View and for His Hands (recto); Studies for a Figure of Saint Francis Kneeling in Profile (verso)

Studies for a Figure of Saint Francis Kneeling in a Three-Quarter View and for His Hands (recto); Studies for a Figure of Saint Francis Kneeling in Profile (verso) by Annibale Carracci

Medium

Red chalk with white chalk highlights, pen and brown ink (recto); red chalk (verso)

Dimensions

sheet: 13 1/4 x 11 5/16 in. (33.6 x 28.8 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1972

Accession Number

1972.137.1

Tags

HandsSaint Francis

About the Artist

Annibale Carracci · 15601609

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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