Where to See Annibale Carracci

15 more museums hold works by Annibale Carracci with smaller collections, not listed here.

• Where can I see Annibale Carracci's work?+

  Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) was part of a famous family of artists from Bologna. After preliminary studies there, he went to Venice with his brother Agostino (1558-1602) and studied Venetian painting. With their cousin Lodovico (1556-1619), they founded the Accademia degli Incamminati in 1582. You can find Carracci's paintings in many European museums. The Gallery in Bologna holds his *Assumption of the Virgin* and *Madonna with St John Evangelist and St Catherine*. The Dresden Gallery has his *Assumption of the Virgin*, *Madonna of St Matthew*, and *Man of Sorrows*. The National Gallery in London possesses *Bacchus with Silenus*, *Pietà*, and *Quo Vadis, Domine*. Hampton Court Royal Collection has his *Allegory of Truth and Time*. The Louvre in Paris contains his *Resurrection of Christ* and *St Luke Altar*. The Capodimonte Museum in Naples holds his *Choice of Hercules* and another *Pietà*. Finally, the J. Paul Getty Museum in California displays Lodovico's *Body of St Sebastian Thrown into the Cloaca Maxima*.
• What should I know about Annibale Carracci's prints?+

  Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) was a painter from Bologna, trained by his cousin Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619). He also studied engraving with his brother Agostino (1558-1602). In 1582, Annibale, Agostino, and Ludovico founded the Accademia degli Incammiooti in Bologna. Annibale travelled to Parma in 1580, and to Venice with Agostino in 1581-82; he possibly visited Florence too. The Carracci jointly completed fresco commissions, such as those in the Palazzo Fava. Annibale's early painting, *The Dead Christ*, is mentioned in an inventory taken at the time of his death in 1609. It is also cited in a later inventory of the Palazzo Chigi-Odescalchi, Rome, following the death of Cardinal Flavio Chigi in 1693. The painting has been seen as an example of the return to naturalism that characterised the early stages of the Carracci reform. In 1595, Annibale entered the service of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese in Rome. He produced frescoes in the gallery of the Palazzo Farnese between 1597 and 1601.
• Why are Annibale Carracci's works important today?+

  Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) was one of the most gifted members of the Carracci family of artists from Bologna. He studied Venetian painters in Venice with his brother, Agostino (1558-1602). In 1582, Annibale, Agostino, and their cousin Ludovico (1556-1619) founded the Accademia degli Incamminati in Bologna. Carracci arrived in Rome in 1595. He met the conservative tastes of Italian patrons, who wanted a less radical approach than that of Caravaggio. Carracci favoured a classical tradition, one influenced by High Renaissance ideals. His style was anti-Mannerist, drawing on northern Italian realism and Venetian art. He reformed painting by returning to nature and reviving classical antiquity. Carracci was an accomplished artist of the landscape and elevated the genre. Examples include Fishing and Hunting (1587; Paris, Louvre), Landscape with River and Bridge (circa 1595; Berlin, Gemäldegalerie), and Landscape with St Mary Magdalen (circa 1597; Rome, Galleria Doria-Pamphili). Around 1604, he worked on landscape lunettes for Cardinal Aldobrandini's palace chapel, including Flight into Egypt (Rome, Galleria Doria-Pamphili). Carracci died in 1609 and was buried in the Pantheon in Rome, near Raphael.
• Who is Annibale Carracci?+

  Annibale Carracci was the most talented of the famous Bologna family of artists. After preliminary studies in Bologna, he went to Venice where he joined his brother, Agostino, and studied the Venetian painters. On their return to Bologna, they founded the Accademia degli Incammiooti with their cousin Lodovico.
• Annibale Carracci was one of the founders of?+

  Annibale Carracci was one of the founders of the Accademia degli Incammiooti. He founded it with his brother Agostino and their cousin Lodovico around 1582.
• Annibale Carracci famous paintings?+

  The Butcher's Shop and The Beaneater are among Annibale Carracci's famous paintings. He also painted the Palazzo Farnese ceiling in Rome.
• What techniques or materials did Annibale Carracci use?+

  Annibale Carracci, born in Bologna in 1560, came from a family of artists. He was trained in painting by his cousin Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619) and in engraving by his brother Agostino (1557-1602). Annibale studied the art of Northern Italy, travelling to Parma in 1580, and to Venice with Agostino in 1581-82. Around 1582, the three Carracci founded their academy and began joint commissions, such as the fresco decorations in the Palazzo Fava. Annibale's work integrated lessons from artists such as Correggio, Titian, and Veronese. He developed a concept of naturalistic illusionism, using pure, saturated colours and atmospheric effects of light and shadow to create optical verisimilitude. In 1595, Annibale entered the service of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese in Rome. There, he created his most celebrated works, the frescoes in the gallery of the Palazzo Farnese (1597-1601). These frescoes, along with his altarpiece for the Cerasi Chapel, show his synthesis of northern colour and light with classical form. One of his early surviving works, *The Dead Christ*, is an oil on canvas.
• Who did Annibale Carracci influence?+

  Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) was an Italian painter who, along with Caravaggio, helped initiate the Baroque style in Rome. Titian was the 'reigning artistic genius' of Carracci's youth. His 1585 visit to Venice exposed him to Venetian art. Titian's influence is evident in Carracci's *Venus Adorned by the Graces*. The work's atmospheric setting, corpulent figures, facial types, and suggestive setting all derive from Titian. Carracci's sensuous depiction also finds its origin in Titian's early mythologies. Carracci, his brother Agostino (1555-1602), and their cousin Ludovico (1555-1619) formed an important artistic workshop. Together they established a school in Bologna, the Accademia degli Incammiooti (1582), which became a major force in Italian Baroque painting. Carracci's frescoes in the Palazzo Farnese (begun 1597) were enormously influential. Artists such as Murillo were also impacted by Carracci's art.