ANNIBALE CARRACCI (1560-1609)

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ANNIBALE CARRACCI (1560-1609)

STUDY FOR AN ALTAR FRONT WITH THE FARNESE ARMS (RECTO); STUDIES OF ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS (VERSO)

WITH INSCRIPTION 'ANNIBALE CARACCI AL PA. FARNESE'; RED CHALK (RECTO); PEN AND BROWN INK (VERSO), THE TOP RIGHT CORNER MADE UP
7 7/8 X 6¾IN. (198 X 172MM.)

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AIDAN WESTON-LEWIS HAS, ON THE BASIS OF A PHOTOGRAPH, ACCEPTED THE ATTRIBUTION. THE PRESENT STUDY MAY BE RELATED TO THE CHAPEL OF THE PALAZZO FARNESE FOR WHICH ANNIBALE PAINTED AN ALTARPIECE OF HRIST AND THE CANAANITE WOMAN OF CIRCA 1595-6, USUALLY IDENTIFIED AS THE PICTURE IN THE PALAZZO DEL MUNICIPIO, PARMA, C. DEMPSEY, ANNIBALE CARRACCI'S 'CHRIST AND THE CANAANITE WOMAN, THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE, CXXIII, 1981, PP. 91-5, FIG.42