The Virgin, the Holy Women, and Saints John, James and Joseph of Arimathea, with Christ on the Way to Calvary
Antonio Carracci
1603–1618
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and blue wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper
- Dimensions
- 32.3 × 25.4 cm (12 3/4 × 10 in.)
- Genre
- pen and ink drawings
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)inkpen and ink drawingswashopaque white pigmentwhite pigmentprints and drawingcolorantlead whitecoating (material)pigmentpaper (fiber product)
About
Perhaps because his life was so short, Antonio Carracci's drawings are extremely rare. This rather finished composition reveals the influence of his famous uncle Annibale Carracci's masterful landscapes.
