CARRACCI, Annibale:
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1560-1609
Painter, draughtsman and printmaker, brother of Agostino Carracci. Since his lifetime, he has been considered one of the greatest Italian painters of his age. His masterpiece, the ceiling (1597-1601) of the Galleria Farnese, Rome, merges a vibrant naturalism with the formal language of classicism in a grand and monumental style.
The Flight into Egypt dsf
1603
Oil on canvas, 122 x 230 cm
Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome
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