Related external works: realisation

Annibale Carracci, Vénus endormie avec des amours, Öl auf Leinwand. Chantilly, Musée Condé, Inv. Nr. PE 63

reference

Römische Kopie nach hellenistischem Original des 2. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. (Schule von Pergamon), Schlafende Ariadne, Marmor. Rom, Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio Clementino, Inv. Nr. 548

part of the same work group

Annibale Carracci, Studie zu einer ruhenden Venus (Entwurf mit einer Schar spielender Eroten). Windsor Castle, Royal Library, Inv. Nr. 2127

Venus resting, ca. 1602

Blatt: 278 x 378 mm

Physical Description: Pen and brush in two shades of brown over black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper

Inventory Number: 4060

Object Number: 4060 Z

Status: On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

Texts

About the Work

Annibale Carracci has masterfully modelled the figure of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. The originally blue paper (meanwhile faded) once offered an intermediate shade virtually perfect for bringing out the brighter and darker areas depicting light and shadow and lending the body its sensual quality. Two detail studies accompany the reclining figure, revealing the artist’s search for a convincing pose.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Venus resting

Draughtsman

Annibale Carracci attributed

Period Produced

17th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Pen and brush in two shades of brown over black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Bolognese

Production Reason

study

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet oben links (mit der Feder in Braun): Annib Caracci; oben rechts: An. Carracci; unten rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarz): 30; verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer