Annibale CarracciItalian, 1560–1609Madonna and Child with Swallow
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Not on view at present
Where is “Madonna and Child with Swallow” now? Collection: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Not on view at present. Checked October 12, 2026.
Cambridge, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Accession number
- M15721
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- Harvard Art Museums
- Image: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
In the life of Annibale Carracci
The whole life1578–1595 · Workplace
Bologna
1580 · Workplace
Parma
1580 · Workplace
Venice
1580–1581
A journey around Italy with Agostino
At the behest of the elder Ludovico Carracci, Annibale and Agostino travelled around Italy and studied the work of Titian, among others. From this came their interest in the glimmering colour taken from the Venetian painters.
1582
Opens a studio-academy in Bologna
In 1582 Annibale, his brother Agostino and his cousin Ludovico opened a painters’ studio in Bologna, at first called the Academy of the Desiderosi and then the Incamminati, “those opening a new way”. It is considered the first major art school based on life drawing and was the model for later art schools throughout Europe.
from 1582
Drawing from the nude in the academy
In the Academy students could draw from live nude models, which the Church had forbidden during the Counter-Reformation under the decrees of the Council of Trent. It taught both the theory and the practice of art, as well as perspective and plastic anatomy.
