Annibale Carracci / Boy Drinking / 1582-1583

Annibale Carracci
Boy Drinking
1582-1583
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Creator Name: Carracci, Annibale
Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1560 - 1609
Gender: M
Creator Birth Place: Bologna
Creator Death Place: Rome
Creator Name-CRT: Annibale Carracci
Title: Boy Drinking
Title Type: Primary
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Creation Start Date: 1578
Creation End Date: 1589
Creation Date: 1582-1583
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Unframed: 55.8cm x 43.7cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1994.4
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: Lord Bateman, Shobdon Court, Herfordshire [Sale: Christie's London, April 11, 1986, lot 145 as Velazquez; sold for 7 Guineas]; Gage Collection, Hengrave Hall, Suffolk; Sir John Wood, Hengrave Hall, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk [Sale: Knight, Frank and Rutley, London, 1952]; L. J. King, Esq., Dorchester, Dorset [Sale: Bonhams, London, July 11, 1985, lot 70]; [Harari and Johns, London]; Peter Jay Sharp [Sale: Sotheby's New York, January 13, 1984, lot 70]
Context: This spontaneous and freely painted work helped introduce the exuberant Baroque style in Italy. Annibale Carracci turned his attention to an ordinary person engaged in an everyday activity, in this case a boy drinking the last drops of wine from his glass. The deliberately awkward pose captures a moment in time, while the energetic brushwork depicts the complicated distortions and refractions of light as it passes through glass.In 1582 the artist, together with his brother Agostino and his cousin Ludovico, founded an art academy in Bologna, dedicated to observing and painting the natural world. The academy trained a number of artists, many of whom were to form the great school of Bolognese painting during the 17th century.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1994.4
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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