Thursday, August 25, 2022

Mistreated Genius Annibale Carracci (Drawings)

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)