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Boy Drinking, 1582-1583

Annibale Carracci (Italian, c. 1560-1609)

oil on canvas, Framed: 79 x 67 x 5.5 cm (31 1/16 x 26 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.); Unframed: 55.8 x 43.7 cm (21 15/16 x 17 3/16 in.). Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1994.4

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217 Italian Baroque

Description

Together with his brother Agostino and cousin Lodovico, Annibale Carracci introduced artistic reforms in Italy based on close observation of the natural world. Annibale’s innovative and highly influential style steered a path between the smooth artificiality of Mannerism––in which style and technique took precedence over fidelity to nature––and the heightened drama of paintings by Caravaggio. In this remarkable early work, the coarse surface of the canvas, the inelegant subject matter, and the striking distortion of forms from light passing through glass all speak to his naturalistic approach.

Exhibition History

The Age of Correggio and the Carracci; Emilian Painting of the 16th and 17th Centuries, Bologna, Pinacoteca Nationale; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Washington, National Gallery of Art, Washington:, no. 84 repr. in color, illus. p. 267, and on rear cover of the paperback edition, in color. [by Donald Posner].
Oberlin, OH-Allen Memorial Art Museum. "Realism and Naturalism in the Art of Annnibale Carracci" 4/15 - 6/1/97
The Frick Collection (November 8, 2006 - January 28, 2007): "Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art", exh. cat. no. 4, p. 28-31.
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage (March 29, 2007 - July 8, 2007): "Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art"

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