The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper mounted on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 16.2 x 21.9 cm (6 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.) sheet: 17.6 x 23.6 cm (6 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kate Ganz
Accession Number
2008.104.6
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.