Annibale CarracciItalian, 1560–1609Studie van een jongenshoofd
May one see it?
Unknown
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Together with his cousin and brother, Annibale Carracci led a large workshop with several pupils in Bologna, where drawing from live models was the order of the day. He often used red or black chalk for figure studies made in the workshop. In this drawing he used both colours, which he combined in some places by slightly blending the hatching.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-T-1889-A-2149
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Meanwhile, 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.
1587–1588
A trip to Parma and Venice
In 1587–88 Annibale is known to have travelled to Parma and then to Venice, where he joined his brother Agostino.
