Tag: 1595

Studio per La scelta di Ercole (c.1595-1597)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Studio per La scelta di Ercole (Study for the Choice of Hercules) c.1595–1597 Pen and ink over traces of red chalk on paper, 22.3 × 19.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Annibale Carracci’s first decorative project for the…

Torquato Tasso

(1544–1595) Works: • Gerusalemme liberata (Italian) • Jerusalem Delivered (English) Tasso in Art: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Adrasto assiso ai piedi d’Armida c.1740–1746 National Gallery, London     Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Il mago d’Ascalona c.1740–1746 National Gallery, London     Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La vergogna di…

Venere adornata dalle Grazie (c.1590-1595)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere adornata dalle Grazie (Venus Adorned by the Graces) c.1590–1595 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 133 x 170.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the left half of this horizontal painting, a bare-chested, seated woman, Venus, is…

Cristo e la Samaritana al pozzo (1594-1595)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Cristo e la Samaritana al pozzo (Christ and the Samaritan Woman) 1594–1595 Oil on canvas, 170 × 225 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Compare: Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Cristo e la Samaritana al pozzo c.1596–1597 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest    

La sepoltura di Cristo (1595)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) La sepoltura di Cristo (The Burial of Christ) 1595 Oil on copper, 43.8 x 34.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This deeply moving picture was painted for one of Carracci’s patrons, Astorre di Vincenzo Sampieri, a…

Incoronazione della Vergine (after 1595)

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…

L’estasi di Maria Maddalena (1585-1600)

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…