Saint Roch at right distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 15/16 × 17 11/16 in. (30.4 × 45 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.978
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
WomenSaintsCrowd
About the Artist
Annibale Carracci|François Langlois|Anonymous|Francesco Brizio · 1560–1609
Annibale was considered one of the greatest Italian painters of his age. His style is marked by naturalism combined with the formal language of Classicism in a grand and monumental style. Annibale was also instrumental in evolving the ideal, classical landscape and is generally credited with the invention of caricature. Italian painter. Comment on works: Mythology.