Susanna and the Elders
Annibale Carracci
1590/95
Medium
Etching with engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet; cut within plate: 32.4 × 31.4 cm (12 13/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
21291
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.