{"product_id":"important-16th-century-italian-renaissance-baroque-old-master-drawing-watercolor-byannibale-carracci-circa-1590","title":"Important 16th Century Italian Renaissance Baroque Old Master Drawing Watercolor by Annibale Carracci, Circa 1590","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn important Italian late Renaissance Old Master drawing, in the mannerism style, by Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), the drawing circa 1590.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare and important old master drawing by one of the leading figures in the late Italian Renaissance and early Baroque period. The drawing depicts the Virgin seated on a cloud and looking towards heaven with her arms extended. She is surrounded and elevated by other figures, including putti and saints.\u003cbr\u003eThe drawing is rendered in red chalk on laid paper and is housed in an 18th century walnut frame. Condition is very good, this rare and important drawing is ready to grace your wall.\u003cbr\u003eThe drawing came from a long term American collection of old master drawings spanning three generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist Biography:\u003cbr\u003eAnnibale Carracci was an Italian painter working in Bologna and later in Rome. Together with his brothers, Ludovico and Agostino, he was one of the founders of a leading trend in Baroque style, aspiring to the rebirth of classical monumentality with a new vital dynamism.\u003cbr\u003eAs a leading figure of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, he is often credited as a founding father of the Baroque movement, providing a \"middle path\" between the artificiality of Mannerism and the extreme, gritty realism of his contemporary, Caravaggio\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Fine Art \u0026 Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45824332267706,"sku":"BB-114940","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/7801\/files\/lead_2e866df1-b15a-4976-8ee9-90d542293797.jpg?v=1777921603","url":"https:\/\/bloomsburypdx.com\/products\/important-16th-century-italian-renaissance-baroque-old-master-drawing-watercolor-byannibale-carracci-circa-1590","provider":"BLOOMSBURY FINE ART \u0026 ANTIQUES","version":"1.0","type":"link"}