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Annibale Carracci

131 works

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Painting of a haloed man in animal skin pointing toward a distant robed figure in a wooded landscape with a stream.

Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness

ca. 1600

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary crowned by two seated figures, with a dove above and musician angels on clouds below.

The Coronation of the Virgin

after 1595

Two children tease a striped cat with a crayfish held over a table, the girl in pink smiling beside the boy in brown.

Two Children Teasing a Cat

Painting of the Madonna and Child with three saints beneath a classical colonnade, with a town in the distant landscape.

Madonna and Child with Saints Lucy, Dominic, and Louis of France

about 1596-1598

Dark painting of mourners carrying the dead body of Christ at night, lit by a torch, with a kneeling woman in red at right.

The Burial of Christ

1595

Oil study of a bearded man with short dark hair and a white ruff collar against a dark brown background.

Study of a man's head

1580

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising into the clouds above apostles gathered around a stone tomb, with classical columns and a

Assumption of Mary

1590

Painting of three women in robes approaching a tomb where a haloed winged angel sits and points beside them.

Holy Women at Christ' s Tomb

1590

Painting of a red-robed reclining woman with long hair in a rocky wilderness, with a crucifix and distant town in the backgro

Saint Mary Magdalene in the Wilderness

1585

Oil painting of fishermen working on a river with a boat, nets and hanging fish under a stormy sky, with a distant village.

Fishing

1585

Painting of the Virgin and Child in clouds above St Luke in red robes and St Catherine with a book, with a landscape behind.

The Virgin Appears to Sts Luke and Catherine

1592

Painting of the dead Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, with Saint Francis, Mary Magdalen, putti and a landscape behind.

Pietà with Sts Francis and Mary Magdalen

1602

Painting of a hunting party in a wooded landscape with dogs, hunters, a hare, and figures crossing a river.

Hunting

1585

Painting of Venus reclining nude beside Adonis with a hunting dog, Cupid, white doves and lush woodland behind them.

Venus, Adonis and Cupid

1591

Painting of a river landscape with a tower, arched bridge, rowing boats, musicians on the bank and distant mountains.

Roman river landscape with fort and bridge

1600

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue cradling the dead Christ with two angels behind her, thorns and nails on a ledge.

Pietà

1603

Oil painting of Venus reclining nude beside Adonis with hunting dogs, a cupid, white doves and dense forest foliage.

Venus and Adonis

1595

Painting of a young man drinking from a raised glass decanter while holding a glass of red wine.

Boy Drinking

1582-83

Painting of Christ carrying a cross and confronting a startled bearded man in blue and orange robes beside stone columns.

Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?)

1601

Man in straw hat eating beans from a spoon at a table with bread, meat, wine and a ceramic jug.

The Bean Eater

1584

Fresco of Bacchus and Ariadne on a golden chariot amid a revelling procession of satyrs, putti, and animals.

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

1597

Oval painting of Saint Francis in brown habit seated on clouds, gazing upward with raised hands against a gold sky.

Apotheosis of St Francis

1650

Oval painting of a bearded seated man in blue and yellow robes holding a scroll and staff on clouds against gold.

Apotheosis of James the Great

1650

Oval painting of Saint Lawrence seated on clouds, leaning on a gridiron, gazing upward against a golden sky.

Apotheosis of St Lawrence of Rome

1650

Painting of a bearded evangelist in yellow and dark robes standing in a stone arched niche, gazing upward with a pen.

Evangelisten Matthæus

1575-1747

Painting of the dead Christ lying on a white cloth, mourned by three grieving women with haloes in a dark setting.

Lamentation of Christ

1606

Painting of Christ's baptism in a river, with John the Baptist, two angels, a descending dove and God the Father above.

Kristi dåb

1575-1609

Painting of the dead Christ lying on white cloth while a red-robed angel mourns beside him.

Der tote Christus, von einem Engel betrauert

Painted river landscape with large trees framing a man poling a boat, reeds, and distant mountains and town under clouds.

River Landscape

c. 1590

Reclining Venus attended by three nude women and cupids, with pearls and a jewelry box, in a dark garden with a statue.

Venus Adorned by the Graces

1590/1595

Painting of nude Diana at a woodland pool pointing toward Actaeon in the distance, with bathing nymphs and a rocky grotto.

Diane au bain surprise par Actéon

1550

Painting of the Virgin Mary in prayer with clasped hands, blue veil, red dress, golden halo, and an open book.

The Virgin in Prayer

1550