Annibale Carracci
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Selected Works32

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Christ in Gethsemane
Christ in Gethsemane, 1590
Acquired 2025
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
St. Francis
St. Francis, 1585
Acquired 2025
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Penitent St. Jerome
The Penitent St. Jerome, 1591
Acquired 2025
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
La Madonna della Rondinella
La Madonna della Rondinella, 1587
Acquired 2025
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Holy Family with Young St. John the Baptist
The Holy Family with Young St. John the Baptist, 1590
Acquired 2025
Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist
Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, 1606
Acquired 2017
Engraving and etching in black on ivory laid paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, 1591
Acquired 2013
Etching with engraving on laid paper, state III/IV
Art Institute of Chicago
Drunken Silenus (the "Tazza Farnese")
Drunken Silenus (the "Tazza Farnese"), 1597
Acquired 1989
Engraving on ivory laid paper
LACMA
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Mary Magdalene, 1591
Acquired 1983
Etching and engraving
Art Institute of Chicago
Susanna and the Elders
Susanna and the Elders, 1590
Acquired 1936
Etching with engraving on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Christ of Caprarola
Christ of Caprarola, 1597
Acquired 1928
Etching, with engraving and drypoint, on ivory laid paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
Madonna with the White Raven
Madonna with the White Raven, 1500
Acquired 1925
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Madonna with the Bowl
Madonna with the Bowl, 1606
Acquired 1925
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Copy of Annibale Carracci's St. Roch Giving Alms
Copy of Annibale Carracci's St. Roch Giving Alms, 1595
Acquired 1917
black chalk/charcoal(?) with stumping, with brush and brown and gray wash; framing lines in black chalk/charcoal(?)
Art Institute of Chicago
Venus and Satyr
Venus and Satyr, 1592
In museum collection
Engraving with etching and plate tone on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, 1590
In museum collection
Engraving with etching in black on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Christ of Caprarola
Christ of Caprarola, 1597
In museum collection
Engraving, with etching and drypoint, on ivory laid paper

Previous Sales

Dorotheum
Werkstatt des Annibale Carracci
Werkstatt des Annibale Carracci
€24,000 ($26k USD)
Apr 2026
Sotheby's
Study of a Tree
Study of a Tree
Sold
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Portrait of a man with a moustache and beard, bust-length
Portrait of a man with a moustache and beard, bust-length
Sold
Jan 2023
Christie's
An extensive coastal landscape with a procession of figures in the foreground and buildings on the water (recto); Study of a crouching man, his profile and a foot (verso)
An extensive coastal landscape with a procession of figures in the foreground and buildings on the water (recto); Study of a crouching man, his profile and a foot (verso)
£5,670 ($7k USD)
Jul 2022
Swann Auction Galleries
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
$2,125
Apr 2022
Sotheby's
The Return from the Flight into Egypt
The Return from the Flight into Egypt
Sold
Oct 2021
Christie's
The Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist (‘Il Silenzio’)
The Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist (‘Il Silenzio’)
£93,750 ($124k USD)
Jul 2021
Sotheby's
Study of a monk
Study of a monk
Sold
Jan 2021
Sotheby's
Felicity and Fortune
Felicity and Fortune
Sold
Jan 2021
Christie's
The Madonna and Child with Saint Lucy and the Young Saint John the Baptist
The Madonna and Child with Saint Lucy and the Young Saint John the Baptist
$6,063,500
May 2019
Christie's
The Virgin at prayer
The Virgin at prayer
€965,000 ($1.1M USD)
Jan 2015
Christie's
The Annunciation
The Annunciation
€3,442,500 ($3.8M USD)
Jan 2013
Christie's
Head of a girl looking down to the right, her hair held in a plait
Head of a girl looking down to the right, her hair held in a plait
£15,535 ($21k USD)
Jul 2002
Christie's
Self-portrait (?)
Self-portrait (?)
£37,600 ($50k USD)
Jul 2001
Christie's
A man as Bacchus drinking wine, with two youths, a magpie, and an ape
A man as Bacchus drinking wine, with two youths, a magpie, and an ape
£205,000 ($271k USD)
Dec 1999
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Christ in Gethsemane
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.560 · Etching on ivory laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
St. Francis
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.558 · Engraving on ivory laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
The Penitent St. Jerome
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.559 · Etching on ivory laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
La Madonna della Rondinella
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.556 · Engraving on ivory laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
The Holy Family with Young St. John the Baptist
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.557 · Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2016.374 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory laid paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Woman’s Board in memory of Louise Bross
Pietà, the dead Christ supported by the Virgin, putti at the left
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.663 · Etching
Charles Z. Offin Fund, 2014
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.460 · Etching with engraving on laid paper, state III/IV
Museum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund
Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist (Madonna della Scodella), the seated Mary and the infant Christ hold a cup from which the young Baptist drinks, Elizabeth lifts both hands
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.321 · Etching and engraving
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2009 · Accession 2009.252 · Oil on copper
Gift of Fabrizio Moretti and Adam Williams, in honor of Everett Fahy, 2009
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist ('The Montalto Madonna')
National Gallery · United Kingdom · Acquired 2004 · Accession NG6597 · Oil on copper
Bought with the support of a number of gifts in wills and donations, 2004
Venus and a Satyr
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2002 · Accession 2002.49b · Etching
Purchase, Janice and Roger Oresman Gift, 2002
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It's Time to Give Annibale Carracci Some of Rembrandt's Spotlight
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its time to give annibale carracci some of rembrandts spotlight 2742854
Mar 10, 2026
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Clash of the Renaissance titans: an intriguing double biography of Titian and Michelangelo
Mar 3, 2026
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Hyperallergic Spring 2026 New York Art Guide
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death
Annibale Carracci dies
Jan 1, 1609
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birth
Annibale Carracci born
Jan 1, 1560