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Baroque and Rococo
Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci(b Bologna, bapt 3 Nov 1560; d Rome, 15 July 1609).
Painter, draughtsman and printmaker, brother of Agostino Carracci. Since his lifetime, he has been considered one of the greatest Italian painters of his age. His masterpiece, the ceiling (1597–1601) of the Galleria Farnese, Rome, merges a vibrant naturalism 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.
Translation of the Holy House
c. 1605
Oil on canvas, 250 x 150 cm
Church of S. Onofrio, Rome
Zeus and Hera
