The Dream of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Lodovico Carracci
c. 1593
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 138.8 x 110.5 cm (54 5/8 x 43 1/2 in.) framed: 181 x 149.9 x 11.4 cm (71 1/4 x 59 x 4 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CIS-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1952.5.59
About the Artist
Lodovico Carracci
Lodovico's style is charaterized by being less classical than that of his younger cousins, Agostino and Annibale, his figures have a sense of other-worldliness, and he is more influenced by Mannerist art than his cousins. Like his cousins, he espoused the direct study of nature, especially through figure drawing; he was influenced by the paintings of Correggio and the Venetians.