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Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)
A landscape with a lobster c. 1590
Pen and ink | 15.1 x 24.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 901514
Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)
901514.jpg c. 1590
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The Carracci family drew fictional landscapes throughout their lives, and this early work by Annibale includes, bizarrely, a lobster or crayfish with a nutcracker. The subject may be some proverb or joke about the lobster not cracking the nut with its own claws.
Provenance
From the Domenichino albums.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink
Measurements
15.1 x 24.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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Other number(s)
RL 1514
