Crawling Male Figure (Study for Cacus)

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Artist: Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)
Date: 1593
Medium: Charcoal or soft black chalk, highlighted with traces of white chalk, on blue-gray paper faded light brown
Dimensions: sheet: 15 3/16 x 19 5/8 in. (38.5 x 49.9 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
Accession no.: 1972.118.244

Reclining Child from Back
Annibale Carracci
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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.