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The Burial of Christ
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The Burial of Christ

Dimensions

17 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (43.8 x 34.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Edwin L. Weisl Jr. Gift, 1998

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Annibale Carracci

1560–1609Papal States

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.