Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) was the greatest exponent of the Carracci group, which also included his brother Agostino (1557-1602) and his cousin Ludovico (1555-1619). From Bologna, their hometown, the Carracci proposed a renewal of painting, which exceeded Mannerism through the return to history and nature and the study of the great masters of the sixteenth century. Through the activities of the academy they founded, the Accademia dei Desiderosi (of the Desirous), subsequently  the Accademia degli Incamminati, the Carracci represented a model that would be followed by many in the seventeenth century. Specifically, the art of Annibale developed with his training trips to Parma, Venice and Tuscany, and even more since 1595, when he left Bologna to settle in Rome. Among his works: the Flight into Egypt, in the Galleria Doria Pamphili in Rome, and the Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne, which is also preserved in Rome, in the Gallery of Palazzo Farnese.