1595 (ca.), Annibale Carracci, The Coronation of the Virgin -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: This majestic painting-intended as a window onto heaven-was painted for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini just after the artist's arrival in Rome in 1595. Annibale brought together two currents of Italian painting: a north Italian sensitivity to the effects of natural light and color, and the spatial organization and idealized figures associated with Raphael. The figure of God the Father is based on an ancient Roman sculpture of Jupiter. Together with Caravaggio, Annibale was the most influential painter of the seventeenth century and pivotal for reviving classical forms.
1595 (ca.), Annibale Carracci, The Coronation of the Virgin -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: This majestic painting-intended as a window onto heaven-was painted for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini just after the artist's arrival in Rome in 1595. Annibale brought together two currents of Italian painting: a north Italian sensitivity to the effects of natural light and color, and the spatial organization and idealized figures associated with Raphael. The figure of God the Father is based on an ancient Roman sculpture of Jupiter. Together with Caravaggio, Annibale was the most influential painter of the seventeenth century and pivotal for reviving classical forms.