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Antonio Carracci

The Virgin, the Holy Women, and Saints John, James and Joseph of Arimathea, with Christ on the Way to Calvary

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and blue wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper
32.3 × 25.4 cm (12.7 × 10 in)

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Perhaps because his life was so short, Antonio Carracci's drawings are extremely rare. This rather finished composition reveals the influence of his famous uncle Annibale Carracci's masterful landscapes.

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