Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci (born November 3, 1560, Bologna, Papal States [Italy]—died July 15, 1609, Rome) was an Italian painter who was influential in recovering the classicizing tradition of the High Renaissance from the affectations of Mannerism. He was the most talented of the three painters of the Carracci family. The sons of a tailor, Annibale and his older brother Agostino were at first guided by their older cousin Lodovico, a painter who persuaded them to follow...