Study for an Angel (recto); Study of a Cushion (verso)

Quick Overview

Artist: Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)
Date: 1600–1602
Medium: Charcoal or soft black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on blue paper; several scattered stains of rose-colored paint at lower left (recto); black chalk with some white chalk highlights (verso)
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (36.9 x 24.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Pfeiffer Fund, 1962
Accession no.: 62.120.1

Reclining Child from Back
Annibale Carracci
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003498
Drunken Silenus and Decorative Sketches: Studies for the Tazza Farnese (recto); Two Putti Fighting: Study for the Galleria Farnese (verso)
Annibale Carracci
1599/1601 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005113
Landscape with Man Sleeping beneath Tree (recto); Landscape with a Horseman (verso)
Annibale Carracci
1595 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005733
Study of Hercules Resting, with Separate Studies of His Head and Foot (recto); Rectangular grid design (verso)
Annibale Carracci
1595/97 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00006027

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.