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Annibale Carracci (Italian pronunciation: [anˈniːbale karˈrattʃi]; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome.
Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) was the most admired painter of his time and the vital force in the creation of Baroque style. Together with his cousin Ludovico (1555–1619) and his older brother Agostino (1557–1602)—each an outstanding artist—Annibale set out to transform Italian painting.
The older woman in the background is perhaps Mary Cleophas, and the younger one on the left may be Mary Salome. This is the last in a number of variations on the theme of the pietà, to which Annibale Carracci returned frequently, especially during the last decade of his life.
Annibale Carracci was the greatest of the Carracci family of painters, which included his elder brother Agostino and his cousin Ludovico. The Carracci founded an Academy in Bologna.
Annibale Carracci’s Assumption of the Virgin now in the Museo del Prado is first mentioned in the so-called “Memoria de Velázquez”, a list of the paintings in the possession of King Philip IV that were sent at his behest to the monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial in 1656.
However, Annibale's first major work was the Crucifixion with Saints (1583; S. Maria della Carita), as well as frescoes in the Palazzo Fava, Bologna, executed with Ludovico and Agostino (1557-1602) Carracci.
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Annibale Carracci (born November 3, 1560, Bologna, Papal States [Italy]—died July 15, 1609, Rome) was an Italian painter who was influential in recovering the classicizing tradition of the High Renaissance from the affectations of Mannerism.
