Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne
Annibale Carracci
after 1600
Medium
Brush and gray wash, with graphite, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
25.5 × 49.9 cm (10 1/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
114505
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.