Susanna and the Elders (recto); Profile Head of Woman (verso)
Annibale Carracci
c. 1602
Medium
Black chalk (recto), and red chalk (verso), on cream laid paper
Dimensions
21.8 × 31.3 cm (8 5/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112317
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.