id:			160082
accession number:	1997.52.a
share license status:	CC0
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Hercules Resting (recto), 1595–97. Annibale Carracci (Italian, c. 1560–1609). Black chalk heightened with white, squared in black chalk on right, incised (edges of figure); sheet: 35.5 x 52.4 cm (14 x 20 5/8 in.); secondary support: 36.6 x 53.3 cm (14 7/16 x 21 in.); tertiary support: 38.3 x 55 cm (15 1/16 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1997.52.a

title:				Hercules Resting (recto)
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creation date:			1595–97
creation date earliest:		1595
creation date latest:		1597
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	black chalk heightened with white, squared in black chalk on right, incised (edges of figure)
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Annibale Carracci (Italian, c. 1560–1609)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 35.5 x 52.4 cm (14 x 20 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 36.6 x 53.3 cm (14 7/16 x 21 in.); Tertiary Support: 38.3 x 55 cm (15 1/16 x 21 5/8 in.)
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	description:	blue paper (faded to brown-green), laid down on beige(1) laid paper, perimeter mounted to tertiary support of white Japanese paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Drawings of Annibale Carracci
	opening date:   1999-09-26T00:00:00
	<i>The Drawings of Annibale Carracci</i>. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (September 26, 1999-January 9, 2000).

	title:		Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2000-08-27T00:00:00
	<i>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).

	title:		From Raphael to the Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome
	opening date:   2009-05-29T00:00:00
	<i>From Raphael to the Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome</i>. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.,, Canada (organizer) (May 29-September 6, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	[Hôtel Drouot, Paris, summer 1997]; [Talabardon, Paris].
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Carracci, Annibale, and Daniele Benati. <em>The Drawings of Annibale Carracci</em>. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1999.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 34, pp. 136-138
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Diane DeGrazia, and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 11, 46-47, 285; Reproduced: P. 47, cat. no. 13
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	Gasparri, Carlo, David Franklin, Ingrid D. Rowland, and Sebastian Schütze. <em>From Raphael to Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome</em>. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 132, pp. 402-403
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