Triton Sounding a Conch Shell
Annibale Carracci
ca. 1597–1602
Medium
Charcoal or soft black chalk on blue-gray paper; traces of framing outlines in pen and black ink and black chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 9 9/16 in. (38.8 x 24.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1970
Accession Number
1970.15
Tags
Male NudesTriton
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.