Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

Art Institute of Chicago

Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

Annibale Carracci

Date
1606
Medium
Engraving and etching in black on ivory laid paper
Culture
Italy
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Annibale Carracci was a vibrantly naturalistic painter, a draftsman, and the founder of an artist’s school. This luminous print represents the culmination of the 20 religious intaglio works engraved by the artist. Carracci created the work during a period at the end of his career in Rome marked by self-doubt, and the scene reflects his increasingly personal devotion. As here, the figural groupings in his last prints became increasingly monumental, even as he adopted a more intimate scale.

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Object type
AAT300041273

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