Studies of a Boy and a Girl (recto) Studies of Legs (verso)

Studies of a Boy and a Girl (recto) Studies of Legs (verso) by Annibale Carracci

Medium

Red chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on beige paper (recto); black and red chalk (verso)

Dimensions

sheet: 9 x 12 5/8 in. (22.9 x 32.1 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick and Rogers Funds, 1972

Accession Number

1972.133.3

Tags

BoysGirls

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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