Study for a Thesis Conclusion Presented to the Duke of Mantua
Lodovico Carracci
1616/19
Medium
Pen and brown ink, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
14.5 × 18.9 cm (5 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80934
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Lodovico Carracci · 1555–1619
Lodovico's style is charaterized by being less classical than that of his younger cousins, Agostino and Annibale, his figures have a sense of other-worldliness, and he is more influenced by Mannerist art than his cousins. Like his cousins, he espoused the direct study of nature, especially through figure drawing; he was influenced by the paintings of Correggio and the Venetians.