In Rome he worked with Poussin for 4 years. The influence of his master on him was profound - as were the influences of Italian artists working in the city such as Guercino & the Carracci. Death of Cato (1646), Martyrdom of S Andrew (1646-7) & Descent from the Cross (1640s)

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Annibale Carracci - Fishing

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Antonio Carracci - The Flood

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November 3, 1560: Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci is born in Bologna.

Annibale wasn't the only talented member of the Carracci family. His brother Agostino and cousin Lodovico were accomplished painters as well.

🎨 "Mocking of Christ", 1596

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When angels cater one gets the Full Monty, including linen. Ludovico Carracci's Christ in the Wilderness.

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''Jupiter and Juno'' by Annibale Carracci (1597), at Farnese Gallery.

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La fortuna di Guido Reni (1575, 1642), allievo dei Carracci a Bologna, fu di aver saputo unire la grazia raffaellesca alla nuova visione caravaggesca dell'interpretazione pittorica.

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‘Venetian Prints in the time of Tintoretto’ is on view until 9 June 2019 in Washington together with two more exhibitions devoted respectively to the artist’s paintings and drawings. Below, ‘The Virgin Appearing to St Jerome’ of 1588, by Agostino Carracci after Tintoretto.

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Three "human marvels"who lived at the court of the Farnese Family. To the right is the hairy-faced Arrigo, a sufferer from hypertrichosis; in the top right hand corner, the head of Pietro Matto ('Mad Peter'). To the left is the dwarf Amon.

Painting (~1599) by Agostino Carracci.

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"Pie donne al Sepolcro" c. 1600 Annibale Ermitage, San Pietroburgo 🌿

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"Lamentation over the Dead Christ" - 1470-1474 / "The Body of Christ and the Implements of His Martyrdom" - 1583-1585 / "Lamentation over the Dead Christ" - 1615 / "Ascension of Christ" - 1958

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Rubens drawing with provenance to Dutch royalty sets auction record for a work on paper by the artist ... as an Agostino Carracci head study fetches over 25-times estimate at the same sale:
https://t.co/U8iZbyaNr5

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Realism in the late 16thc, and not that of Caravaggio. Head of a youth attributed to Agostino

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Venetian paintings are represented by some exquisite works including Veronese (Venus & Mercury, c1555-60) & Titian (Self-Portrait, c1562). Other schools are represented by great work too. Michelangelo (Study, nd) & Annibale Carracci (Self-Portrait, c1590)

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Annibale Carracci.1560-1609. The Cyclop Polyphemus.1595-1605. Fresco. Palazzo Farneze. Rome.

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