Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Incoronazione della Vergine (The Coronation of the Virgin) after 1595 Oil on canvas, 117.8 x 141.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This majestic picture—a window onto heaven—was painted for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini (1571–1621) following the artist’s…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Giovanni Battista rende testimonianza (Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness) c.1600 Oil on copper, 54.3 x 43.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Annibale launched the vogue for landscapes in which nature is transformed by the…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Due bambini molestano un gatto (Two Children Teasing a Cat) c.1587–1588 Oil on canvas, 66 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York With expressions of cruel delight, two children torment a cat with the pincers of…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Autoritratto (Self-Portait) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 45 × 35 cm Private collection
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Pietà (The Lamentation) 1599–1600 Oil on canvas, 156 × 149 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) L’estasi di Maria Maddalena (The Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene) 1585–1600 Oil on panel, 37.5 x 29.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid According to the Golden Legend, after the death of Christ his follower Mary Magdalene moved to the…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Paesaggio con fiume e bagnanti (Landscape with river and bathers) s.d. Oil on canvas, 47 × 56 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Attributed to Annibale Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Assunzione della Vergine (The Assumption of the Virgin) 1588–1590 Oil on canvas, 130 × 97 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci’s Assumption of the Virgin now in the Museo del Prado is first mentioned in the so-called…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Apoteosi dell’apostolo Giacomo (The Apotheosis of the Apostle James) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 151.3 × 103.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the Spanish banker Juan Enríquez de Herrera in the…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Apoteosi di San Lorenzo (The Apotheosis of Saint Lawrence) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 152.5 × 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci painted these works without previous cartoons as part of a group for the chapel of San…