Annibale Carracci's paintings of the blind : an addition

Author

Ottani Cavina, Anna

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1989, Num. 1030, Vol. 131, p. 27-28, 3 ill.

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Discusses Portrait of a Blind Woman by Annibale Carracci (oil on paper laid on canvas; private collection), and a chalk drawing Portrait of a Blind Man in the Uffizi, Florence, catalogued as by Agostino Carracci. Attributes the latter to Annibale and dates it ca.1590. Notes the presence of an open eye at the lower right of each work, and argues that by depicting the missing organ the artist intended to recall the faculty of sight and to obviate the possibility that these faces with closed eyes might be misconstrued as portraits taken after death.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Collections
• Galleria degli Uffizi||Firenze (ITA)
• Portrait of a Blind Woman
• Painting
• 1500-1600
• Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609
• Carracci, Agostino, 1557-1602
• Italy
• Drawing
• Blindness
• Eyes
• Iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Collections
• Galleria degli Uffizi||Firenze (ITA)
• Portrait d'une aveugle
• Peinture
• 1500-1600
• Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609
• Carracci, Agostino, 1557-1602
• Italie
• Dessin
• Cécité
• Oeil
• Iconographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00446387

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