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The Coronation of the Virgin

Annibale Carracci

after 1595

Medium

Oil on canvas

Tags

Virgin Mary Musical Instruments Doves Gods

Dimensions

46 3/8 x 55 5/8 in. (117.8 x 141.3 cm)

Collection

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

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Annibale Carracci

1560–1609 • Papal 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.

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