Striking antique engraving after Annibale Carraci

After annibale carraci (1560 bologna – 1609 rome) -- “head of a youth” -- 1807 -- engraving -- -- 505 × 406 mm|19 7/8 × 16 in -- 530 × 430 mm|20 3/4 × 16 7/8 in (framed size) ---- engraved by g.s. Facius after a drawing in the royal collection, this finely rendered image of a handsome renaissance boy, brilliantly captures the white chalk highlights of the original (while giving him even more killer cheekbones: ) -- framed -- please note: visualisations of works hung in interiors are simulated and may not accurately represent either how the work is framed or its precise scale. If a work is not described above as framed, then please assume that it is offered unframed (in which case, framing can be arranged by negotiation). ---- along with his brother and cousin, annibale caracci was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of the baroque, borrowing from styles from both north and south of their native city bologna, aspiring for a return to classical monumentality, but adding a more vital dynamism. Painters working under annibale at the gallery of the palazzo farnese would be highly influential in roman painting for decades. The 17th-century critic giovanni bellori, in his survey entitled idea, praised carracci as the paragon of italian painters, who had fostered a “renaissance” of the great tradition of raphael and michelangelo. --- if you wish to purchase more than one work, shipping costs can be reduced ---- shipping will be arranged by the most economical/appropriate courier service for the safe delivery of the piece.

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