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Cristo e la Samaritana al pozzo (c.1596-1597)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Cristo e la Samaritana al pozzo (Christ and the Samaritan Woman) c.1596–1597 Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 63.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Compare: Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Cristo e la Samaritana al pozzo 1594–1595 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano    

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    

Self-Portrait (1623)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Self-Portrait 1623 Oil on panel, 85.7 x 62.2 x 0.5 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London This painting seems to have been something of a face-saver. In 1621 Rubens supplied Lord Danvers with a Lion Hunt (now lost),…

Testa d’uomo di profilo (c.1588-1895)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Testa d’uomo di profilo (Head of a Man in Profile) c.1588–1595 Oil on canvas, 44.8 x 32.1 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle This vivid head is precisely the type of study from everyday life practised so passionately by…

Susanna e i vecchioni (1604)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1604 Oil on panel, 56.8 x 86.1 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma This is the “Casta Susanna with the two old men” on a panel by Annibale Carracci described by…

Domine, quo vadis? (1601-1602)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Domine, quo vadis? (Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way) 1601–1602 Oil on wood, 77.4 x 56.3 cm National Gallery, London Saint Peter fled Rome after Christ’s crucifixion, scared that he too would be executed by…

Sileno che raccoglie l’uva (1597-1600)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Sileno che raccoglie l’uva (Silenus gathering Grapes) 1597–1600 Oil and egg on wood, 54.5 x 88.5 cm National Gallery, London Using an animal skin, two laughing satyrs with pointed ears and short tails – although without the usual hairy…