LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

52.99 in. (134.60 cm.) (height) by 38.74 in. (98.40 cm.) (width)

Literature:

G. Feigenbaum, Lodovico Carracci, a study of his later career and a catalogue of his paintings, Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, 1984, pp. 214-215, as 'Lodovico Carracci'. G. Feigenbaum, "The Early History of Lodovico Carracci's 'Annunciation' Altar-Piece", Burlington Magazine, CXXXII, n. 1050, 1990, pp. 620-621, fig. 3, as 'Lodovico Carracci'. A. Brogi, 'Fra Semplice da Verona e l'eredità carraccesca' in Studi di Storia dell'arte in onore di Mina Gregori, Milan, 1994, p. 218, as 'Annibale Carracci'. A. Brogi, Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619), Bologna, 2001, I, p. 249, no. R1, II, fig. 260, as 'Annibale Carracci'.

Provenance:

(Possibly) with Agnew's, London. Acquired by the father of the present owner, circa 1952.