The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 16.5 x 22 cm (6 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.) sheet: 17.4 x 23.1 cm (6 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1984.82.1
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.