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	(3) Annibale Carracci (b Bologna, bapt 3 Nov 1560; d Rome, 15 July 1609). Painter, draughtsman and printmaker, brother of (2) 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. Annibale was also instrumental in evolving the ‘ideal’, classical landscape and is generally credited with the invention of CARICATURE. Part of the Carracci family
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	Carracci, Annibale Academy, §2: The first official academies Bologna, §II, 2: Art life and organization, after c 1400 Caricature Carracci Carracci, §I, 1: The Carracci reform and the Accademia degli Incamminati Disegno e colore, §1: 16th-century Italy: origins of the controversy Domenichino, §1(i): Bologna and Rome, 1581–1612 Italy, §III, 4(ii): High Renaissance and Mannerist painting, c 1500–c 1600: Rome Italy, §III, 4(iv): High Renaissance & Mannerist painting, c 1500–c 1600: Other schools & artists Italy, §III, 5(i): Baroque & Rococo painting, c 1600–c 1750: Bologna & Emilia Romagna Italy, §III, 5: Baroque and Rococo painting, c 1600–c 1750 Italy, §III, 5(ii)(b): High Baroque painting, c 1620–c 1650: Rome Italy, §XVI, 2: Art education: Academies Portraiture, §IV: The importance of likeness Rome, §III, 4(ii): Art life and organization, 1550–1600 Rome, §III, 5(ii): Art life and organization, 1601–1700: Patronage and collections assistants Albani, Francesco, §1(ii): Rome, 1601–17 Tacconi, Innocenzo attributions Carracci, §II: (2) Agostino Carracci Charmois, Martin de Monaco collaboration Carracci, §II: (1) Ludovico Carracci, §1(i): Training and early work, before c 1590 Carracci, §II: (1) Ludovico Carracci, §1(ii): Middle years, c 1590–1601 Cigoli, Lodovico, §3: Late period: Rome and Florence, 1604–13 copies Farsetti, Filippo Fréart: (2) Paul Fréart Mignard: (2) Pierre Mignard I, §1: Training in France and early years in Rome, to 1657 drawings Caricature, §1(i): Western before 1720 Carracci, §II: (3) Annibale Carracci, §I, 2: Drawings Drawing, §IV, 4: 17th century engravings Engraving, §II, 3(ii): Commercial growth, c 1500–c 1600 frames Frame, §III, 4: France: Louis XIII and Louis XIV methods Cartoon, §2: History paintings allegorical Allegory, §V: Baroque altarpieces Sacra conversazione frescoes Carracci, §II: (3) Annibale Carracci, §I, 1(ii)(b): Paintings: Rome, 1595–1601 Classicism, §4: Renaissance to 17th century Grisaille, §2(i): From c 1400: Imitating stone and other materials Iconographic programmes, §3: From c 1550 Illusionism, §2(i)(b): Large-scale projects, c 1600–c 1700 Italy, §III, 5(ii)(a): Early Baroque painting, c 1590–c 1620: Rome Italy, §V, 3: Interior decoration, 1600–1699 Mythological painting and sculpture, §4: The Baroque period, c 1595–c 1700 Nude, §3: Baroque, Rococo and Neo-classicism, 1600–1800 Orsini, Fulvio Ovid genre Carracci, §II: (3) Annibale Carracci, §I, 1(i): Paintings: Bologna, 1560–95 Genre, §3(ii): The 16th century: Italy Naturalism, §1: General development before the 19th century history History painting, §I, 3: 17th century landscape Landscape painting, §II, 5(i): 17th century: Artists working in Italy literary themes Tasso, Torquato mythological Rome, §V, 25: Palazzo Farnese religious Aldobrandini: (2) Pietro Aldobrandini Frame, §II, 3(iv): Italian Renaissance: Cassetta frames Pietà, §3(ii): Southern Europe Procaccini: (2) Camillo Procaccini, §1: Training and activity in Emilia, 1571–87 patrons and collectors England, §XIII, 2(i): Trends in collecting, 1700–1840 Alfonso IV, 9th Duke of Modena and Reggio (reg 1658-62) Este (i): (17) Alfonso IV d’Este Angeloni, Francesco Angeloni, Francesco Bellori, Giovanni Pietro Aumale, Henri-Eugène-Philippe-Louis de Bourbon, Duc d' Orléans, House of: (10) Henri-Eugène-Philippe-Louis d’Orléans, Duc d’Aumale Borromeo (family) Isola Bella Bourbon del Monte, Francesco Maria, Cardinal Bourbon del Monte, Francesco Maria Boyle, Richard, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork Boyle: (2) Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, §1: To 1715 Brienne, Louis-Henri, Comte de Brienne Brydges, James, 1st Duke of Chandos Brydges, James Carr, William Holwell Carr, William Holwell Cesare, 6th Duke of Modena and Reggio (reg 1597-1628) Este (i): (13) Cesare d’Este Créquy, Charles de Blanchefort de Lesdiguièresde: (2) Charles de Blanchefort, Maréchal de Créquy and Duc de Lesdiguières Crozat, Pierre Crozat: (1) Pierre Crozat Damery, Chevalier de Damery Egerton, Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater Egerton: (1) Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater Einden, van den (family) Einden, van den Esterházy, Miklós, Prince (1817-94) Esterházy, §I: (4) Miklós Esterházy II Everdingen, Allart van Everdingen, van: (2) Allart van Everdingen Faesch, Johann Jakob Faesch: (3) Johann Jakob Faesch Farnese, Odoardo, Cardinal Carracci, §I, 2: Collaboration Farnese: (5) Odoardo Farnese Filomarino, Ascanio, Cardinal Filomarino, Ascanio Guise, John Guise, John Herrera, Giovanni Enriquez de Costa, Ottavio Howard (ii), Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle Howard (ii): (3) Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle Howard (ii): (4) George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle Howard (i), Thomas, 2nd Earl of Arundel Howard (i): (1) Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel Joachim Murat, King of Naples (reg 1808-15) Murat, Joachim Lancellotti, Orazio, Cardinal Lancellotti Louis XIV, King of France (reg 1643-1715) Bourbon, §I: (8) Louis XIV, King of France, §4: Painting, graphic arts and manuscripts Lubomirski, Henryk Lubomirski: (3) Henryk Lubomirski Mariette, Pierre-Jean Mariette: (4) Pierre-Jean Mariette Meynier, Charles Meynier, Charles Orléans, Philippe II de Bourbon, 2nd Duc d' (1674-1723) Orléans, House of: (3) Philippe II, §2: 1701–14 Petty, William Petty, Rev. William Poniatowski, Stanislaw, Prince Poniatowski: (2) Stanislaw Poniatowski Resta, Sebastiano Resta, Sebastiano Richelieu, Louis-François Armand-Jean Vignerod du Plessis, Duc de (1629-1715) Richelieu (ii): (2) Duc de Richelieu Rogers, Samuel Rogers, Samuel Ruffo, Tommaso, Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara Ruffo: (2) Tommaso Ruffo Sampieri (family) Sampieri Sannesio, Giacomo, Cardinal Sannesio Seignelay, Jean-Baptiste(-Antoine) Colbert, Marquis de Colbert: (2) Jean-Baptiste Colbert Serra, Giovan Francesco, Marqués di Cassano Serra, Giovan Francesco Simonelli, Niccolò Simonelli, Niccolò Skippe, John Skippe, John Suttermans, Giusto Suttermans, Giusto, §1: Training and early work, to 1631 Tallard, Marie-Joseph d'Hostun, Duc de Tallard, Marie-Joseph d’Hostun Tarnowski, Jan Feliks, Count and Waleria Tarnowski Waldegrave, William, 1st Baron Radstock Waldegrave, William Weddell, William Weddell, William pupils Badalocchio, Sisto Cavedone, Giacomo Lanfranco, Giovanni, §1: Early training and first independent works: Parma, Piacenza and Rome, to 1610 Schedoni, Bartolomeo reproductive prints by others Pond, Arthur Bartolozzi, Francesco Bartolozzi: (1) Francesco Bartolozzi Bartolozzi, Gaetano (Stefano) Bartolozzi: (2) Gaetano Bartolozzi Beinaschi, Giovan Battista Beinaschi, Giovan Battista Bisschop, Jan de (1628-71) Bisschop, Jan de Cesi, Carlo Cesi, Carlo Chasteau, Guillaume Chasteau, Guillaume Couvay, Jean Couvay, Jean Goltzius, Hendrick Goltzius, Hendrick, §2(ii)(a): Engravings and etchings Guillain, Simon, II (1618-54) Agucchi, Giovanni Battista Jode, Pieter de (i) (1570-1634) Jode, de: (3) Pieter de Jode (i) Lombart, Pierre Lombart, Pierre Mattioli, Lodovico Mattioli, Lodovico Mignard, Nicolas Mignard: (1) Nicolas Mignard Neeffs, Jacob Neeffs, Jacob Panneels, Joannes Panneels Pò, Pietro del Po, Giacomo del Pond, Arthur Grand Tour, §III: The `Classic ground’, c 1700–62 Rousseau, Jacques (1630-93) Rousseau, Jacques Sadeler, Jan, I (1550-1600) Sadeler: (1) Jan Sadeler I Sadeler, Raphael, I (1560/61-d c. 1628/32) Sadeler: (3) Raphael Sadeler I Siegen, Ludwig von Siegen, Ludwig von Simon, Pierre (c. 1650-1710) Simon, Pierre Traballesi, Giuliano Traballesi, Giuliano Vispré, François-Xavier Vispré, François-Xavier restorations by others Maratti, Carlo, §2(i)(b): Subject compositions: Mature years, 1662–c 1680

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