Triton Sounding a Conch Shell, ca. 1597–1602, Charcoal or soft black chalk on blue-gray paper; traces of framing outlines in pen and black ink and black chalk, Sheet: 15 1/4 x 9 9/16 in. (38.8 x 24.3 cm), Drawings, Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome), This study is dazzling for the energy of its drawing, economy of means, and monumentality of expression. It was preparatory for a triton that appears at the extreme left of a large oblong fresco Thetis Carried to the Bridal Chamber of Peleus (The Triumph of Galatea) on the ceiling of the gallery of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, a project begun in 1597
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Triton Sounding, Conch Shell, ca, 1597–1602, Charcoal, soft black chalk, blue-gray paper, traces, framing outlines, pen, black ink, Sheet, 15 1/4 x 9 9/16, 38.8 24.3 cm, Drawings, Annibale Carracci, Italian, Bologna, 1560–1609, Rome, study, dazzling, energy, drawing, economy, means, monumentality, expression, preparatory, triton, extreme left, large oblong, fresco, Thetis, Carried, Bridal Chamber, Peleus, Triumph, Galatea, ceiling, gallery, Palazzo Farnese, project begun, 1597
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