The Coronation of the Virgin
after 1595
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46 3/8 x 55 5/8 in. (117.8 x 141.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), by exchange, and Dr. and Mrs. Manuel Porter and sons Gift, in honor of Mrs. Sarah Porter, 1971
Accession Number
1971.155
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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.