Annibale Carracci Head of a Woman, after the Antique ca. 1597-1602 drawing (study for fresco, Galleria Farnese) Musée du Louvre |
attributed to Annibale Carracci Apollo drawing his Bow before 1609 drawing Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Head of a Youth ca. 1597-1602 drawing (study for fresco, Galleria Farnese) Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Demon ca. 1598 drawing (study for painting, Temptation of St Anthony) Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Head of a Woman, after the Antique ca. 1601 drawing Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Half-Length Figure Study for Angel before 1609 drawing Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Madonna della Scodella ca. 1606 drawing (study for engraving) Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Portrait of a Young Man before 1609 drawing Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Seated Woman and Drapery ca. 1605 drawing (study for painting, Birth of the Virgin) Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Study of Male Model for Figure of the Goddess Diana ca. 1598-1601 drawing (study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Personification of Astronomy ca. 1596-97 drawing (study for fresco, Camerino Farnese) Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Rowers ca. 1596-97 drawing (study for fresco, Camerino Farnese) Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Satyr ca. 1597-1602 drawing (study for fresco, Galleria Farnese) Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Young Satyr ca. 1597-1602 drawing (study for fresco, Galleria Farnese) Musée du Louvre |
Annibale Carracci Study of Left Hand (thought to be Annibale's own hand) ca. 1597-1602 drawing (study for fresco, Galleria Farnese) Musée du Louvre |
"Annibale's last years were darkened by depressive mental illness, precipitated by Cardinal Farnese's miserly payment for his labours in the Farnese gallery, and his sense of humiliation as a retainer in the Cardinal's household. Despite the affectionate concern and care of his devoted pupils, he painted little after 1605, although he executed some etchings c. 1606. [Annibale died in 1609 while still in his forties and was buried next to Raphael in the Pantheon, Rome.]"
– Erika Langmuir and Norbert Lynton, Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists (2000)