CARRACCI, Annibale
(b. 1560, Bologna, d. 1609, Roma)

Madonna Enthroned with St Matthew

1588
Oil on canvas, 384 x 255 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

This painting of the type 'Sancta Conversazione' has great significance in the formation of the Baroque style. The participants of this conversition - beside St Matthew with his attribute of the reclining angel - are St Francis of Assisi and St John the Baptist.

The painting is dated and signed as HANNIBAL CARRACTIUS BON F. MDLXXXVIII.




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