| | '''Annibale Carracci''' (Bologna 1560 - [[Rome]] 1609). [[Italian]] painter, Bolognese school. | | '''Annibale Carracci''' (Bologna 1560 - [[Rome]] 1609). [[Italian]] painter, Bolognese school. |
| − | In 1595, Carracci was called to Rome by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese to carry out his masterpiece, the decoration of the Farnese Gallery in the cardinal's family palace. <ref>http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/c/carracci/annibale/biograph.html</ref> Other important works are ''Domine, Quo Vadis?'' (National Gallery, London, c.1602), ''The Flight into Egypt'' (Doria Gallery, Rome, c.1604) and ''Holy Women at the Tomb of Christ'' (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 1585). | + | In 1595, Carracci was called to Rome by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese to carry out his masterpiece, the decoration of the Farnese Gallery in the cardinal's family palace.<ref>http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/c/carracci/annibale/biograph.html</ref> Other important works are ''Domine, Quo Vadis?'' (National Gallery, London, c.1602), ''The Flight into Egypt'' (Doria Gallery, Rome, c.1604) and ''Holy Women at the Tomb of Christ'' (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 1585). |