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	Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560–1609 Rome) Flying Putto Black chalk, stumped 11 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (295 x 182 mm) Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1975; 1975.3 Photography by Graham Haber, 2009 See CORSAIR catalog record for this item » Annibale Carracci arrived in Rome in 1595 at the summons of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese in order to work on the decorations of Palazzo Farnese. The drawings for the Farnese Gallery—the artist's most ambitious undertaking—are considered the pinnacle of his legendary draftsmanship. This chubby infant is related to frescoes of paired cupids that occupy the corners of the ceiling vault—some wrestling for a palm branch, others bearing a torch—carried out between 1598 and 1601. Surely drawn from a live model, this figure study reveals Annibale's astonishing ability to render a body in space. He expertly exploited the chalk to capture the child's vitality as well as the warm glow of light on its smoothly textured skin. About this department List of works Text only list Search images Order images

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