The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saints George and William
1551 to 1600
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 27.7 x 20.9 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.) support: 34.6 x 28 cm (13 5/8 x 11 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1972.49.3
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Lodovico Carracci · 1555–1619
Lodovico's style is charaterized by being less classical than that of his younger cousins, Agostino and Annibale, his figures have a sense of other-worldliness, and he is more influenced by Mannerist art than his cousins. Like his cousins, he espoused the direct study of nature, especially through figure drawing; he was influenced by the paintings of Correggio and the Venetians.