The Virgin and Child Resting Outside a City Gate

Quick Overview

Artist: Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)
Date: 1560–1609
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with traces of brown wash, on light brown beige paper; traces of framing outlines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (18.8 x 21.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1972
Accession no.: 1972.137.2

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Annibale Carracci
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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003498
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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.