Images

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=315B1DAA737425004130E4191E1F1AB87CE509C335B8E148240491A27A8D6C20&s=24247294&se=1905716243&v=3&f=1994.4_o2.jpg

Additional Views

Apr 11, 2006

Boy Drinking

1582–83

Annibale Carracci

(Italian, c. 1560–1609)

Italy, 16th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 79 x 67 x 5.5 cm (31 1/8 x 26 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 55.8 x 43.7 cm (21 15/16 x 17 3/16 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1994.4

Location

217 Italian Baroque

Did you know?

In this painting, the reflective quality of the jug enhances its naturalism: notice how it throws light onto the boy's shirt.

Description

Together with his brother Agostino and cousin Lodovico, Annibale Carracci introduced artistic reforms in Italy based on close observation of the natural world. Annibale’s innovative and highly influential style steered a path between the smooth artificiality of Mannerism––in which style and technique took precedence over fidelity to nature––and the heightened drama of paintings by Caravaggio. In this remarkable early work, the coarse surface of the canvas, the inelegant subject matter, and the striking distortion of forms from light passing through glass all speak to his naturalistic approach.

Provenance

Lord Bateman, Shobdon Court, Herfordshire, England

April 11, 1986

[Sale: The Property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Bateman, Christie's London, April 11, 1896, lot 145 as Velazquez]

1896-

John Hill Wood (1813-1869), Gatehead, Yorkshire, England, by inheritance to his son Sir John Wood 1st Bt.

-1951

Sir John Wood 1st Bt. (1857-1951), Hengrave Hall, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk

September 15-25, 1952

[Sale: The Contents of Hengrave Hall, Knight, Frank and Rutley, London, September 15-25, 1952, lot 1686]

L. J. King, Esq., Dorchester, Dorset, by inheritance to his wife, Mrs. Mary King

1952-1984

Mrs. Mary King, Dorchester, Dorset, England

1984

[Sale: Lawrence’s of Crewkerne, England]

July 11, 1985

[Sale: Old master Drawings and 17th, 18th and 19th century Oil Paintings, Bonhams, London, July 11, 1985, lot 5]

1985-

[Harari and [Derek] Johns, London, England, sold to Peter Jay Sharp]

-1992

Peter Jay Sharp (1931-1992), New York, NY

January 13, 1994

[Sale: The Estate Of Peter Jay Sharp, Sotheby's New York, January 13, 1994, lot 70, to the Cleveland Museum of Art]

1994-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Christie, Manson & Woods. Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures: The Property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Bateman, Formerly at Kelmarsh Hall, Northhamtonshire. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1896. . lot 145 archive.org

Knight Frank & Rutley, and John Arthur Haigh Wood. Contents of Hengrave Hall. 1952. Lot 1686

Posner, Donald. Annibale Carracci; A Study in the Reform of Italian Painting Around 1590. London: Phaidon, 1971. Mentioned: Vol. I, P. 19-20; Vol. II, P. 5, no. 7A

Freedberg, S. J. Circa 1600: A Revolution of Style in Italian Painting. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1983. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 8-9

National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Pinacoteca nazionale (Bologna, Italy), and Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). The Age of Correggio and the Carracci: Emilian Painting of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1986. Reproduced: p. 267, no. 84

Pepper, D. Stephen. The School of Bologna, 1570-1730, Calvaert to Crespi: [Exhibition] Harari & Johns Ltd., London, 8th April-15th May, 1987. London: Harari & Johns, 1987. Mentioned & Reproduced: P. 21-22

Pepper, D. Stephen. “The Aftermath of the Correggio/Carracci Exhibitions.” Apollo: The International Magazine for Collectors 126 (December 1987): 409–413. Reproduced: P. 411

Brignati, G. "l"Image de le Tableau, dans la Peinture du Seicento." In Seicento: Le Siècle de Caravage dans les Collections Françaises:[exposition] Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 11 octobre 1988-2 janvier 1989, Palazzo reale, Milan, mars-avril 1989. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1988. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 20

Herrmann-Fiore, Kristina. “Il Bacchino Malato Autoritratto Del Caravaggio Ed Altre Figure Bacchiche Degli Artisti.” Quaderni Di Palazzo Venezia / Museo Nazionale Del Palazzo Di Venezia 6 (1989): 95-134. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 110-111, fig. 39

Christiansen, Keith "Working from life in the Accademia dei Desiderosi," In Scritti in Onore di Giuliano Briganti. Giuliano Briganti, and Marco Bona Castellotti, eds., 135-145. Milano: Longanesi, 1990. Mentioned: P. 136, 138, 144; reproduced: P. 142, no. 10

Sotheby's (Firm). Sotheby's Art at Auction. London: Sotheby's Publications, 1993. Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 71

Ginzburg, Silvia. "The Portrait of Agucchi at York Reconsidered." The Burlington Magazine 136, no. 1090 (January 1994): 4-14. Mentioned: P. 7; Reproduced: P. 9, fig. 10 www.jstor.org

Emiliani, Andrea, and Grazia Agostini. La pittura in Emilia e in Romagna. [Milan]: Electa, 1994. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 26

Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum Acquires Major Carracci Painting,” January 19, 1994, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org

Morandotti, Alessandro. Pittura italiana antica: artisti e opere del Seicento e del Settecento. Milano, Italy: Fenice 2000, 1995. Mentioned: p. 104-106; Reproduced: p. 106

Wachter, George. "An Ongoing Secret: The Pleasure of Old Master Paintings." In Sotheby's Art at Auction, 18-21. London: Sotheby's Publications, 1996. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 21

Whitaker, Lucy, and Christopher Baker. “Christ Church Picture Gallery.” Apollo: The International Magazine for Collectors 145 (May 1997): 27–30. Mentioned: P. 27

Napoleone, Caterina. "Dedicated to Annibale." FMR: The Magazine of Franco Maria Ricci 115 (Apr/May 2002): 40-42. Reproduced: P. 41

Pons, Salvador Salort. "Las Relaciones Artisticas Entre Italia y Sevilla Durante el Primer Tercio del Siglo XVII." In De Herrera a Velázquez: El Primer Naturalismo en Sevillla. Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, and Benito Navarrete Prieto, eds., 54-55. [Sevilla]: Focus Abengoa, 2005. Mentioned and reproduced: P55, fig. 46

Iacono, Margaret. Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York,NY: The Frick Collection, 2006. Mentioned: p. 28-31; Reproduced: no. 4

Dickerson, C. D. Raw Painting: The Butcher's Shop by Annibale Carracci. Fort Worth, TX: Kimbell Art Museum, 2010. Reproduced: p. 55, fig. 50

Goldin, Marco. Da Vermeer a Kandinsky: capolavori dai musei del mondo a Rimini. Treviso, Italy: Linea d' ombra, 2012. Reproduced: p. 36

Rihouet, Pascale. "Veronese's Goblets: Glass Design and the Civilizing Process." Journal of Design History 26, no. 2 (2013): 133-151. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 137, fig. 3 www.jstor.org

Campbell, Stephen J. "Bronzino's Fable of Marsyas: Anatomy as Myth." In Le Corps Transparent. Victor Ieronim Stoichiță, ed., 173-194. Roma: "L’Erma" di Bretschneider, 2013. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 194

Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 180

Rihouet, Pascale. "Veronese's Goblets: Glass Design and the Civilizing Process." Journal of Design History 26, no. 2 (2013): 133-151. Reproduced: P. 137, fig. 3.

Fortenberry, Diane, ed. The Art Museum. London; New York: Phaidon Press, 2017. Reproduced: P. 245, no. 1

Porzio, Francesco. "Per il linguaggio del comico figurativo: il lessico metaforico delle pitture ridicole." In Rire en images à la Renaissance, 129-142.Francesca Alberti and Diane Bodart. Turnhout: Brepols, 2018. Reproduced: p. 133, fig. 3; Mentioned: pp. 134-135

Ghirardi, Angela. Pittura e vita popolare: un sentiero tra Anversa e l'Italia nel secondo Cinquecento. Mantova: Tre lune edizioni, 2016. Reproduced: Pl. 68

Zerbone, Julien. "Le Repas Sous le Regard des Peintres." 303: recherches et creations 151 (2018): 233-239.
Reproduced: p. 239

Vodret, Rossella, et. al. Caravaggio: opere a Roma: tecnica e stile = works in Rome: technique and style. Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: SilvanaEditoriale, 2016. Reproduced: P. 167

Campbell, Stephen J. The Endless Periphery: Toward a Geopolitics of Art in Lorenzo Lotto's Italy. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019, 234 Mentioned and reproduced: p. 234, fig. 6.6

Smee, Sebastian, "This Simple Painting Revolutionized Art," The Washington Post (October 6, 2021). www.washingtonpost.com

Exhibition history

Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, OH (March 29, 2007 - July 8, 2007).

Realism and Naturalism in the Art of Annibale Carracci. Allen Memorial Art Museum (organizer) (April 15-June 1, 1997).

Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Frick Collection, New York, NY (organizer) (November 8, 2006-January 28, 2007).

Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, OH (March 29-July 8, 2007).

Cite this page

{{cite web|title=Boy Drinking|url=https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.4|author=Annibale Carracci|year=1582–83|access-date=04 June 2023|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Contact us

The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please email collectionsdata@clevelandart.org.

To request more information about this object, study images, or bibliography, contact the Ingalls Library Reference Desk.

All images and data available through Open Access can be downloaded for free. For images not available through Open Access, a detail image, or any image with a color bar, request a digital file from Image Services.

You are here:

Images

Boy Drinking

Boy Drinking

Annibale Carracci

Location

Download and Share

Did you know?

Description

Contact us