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Assumption of the Virgin (Carracci): The Assumption of the Virgin is the name of two paintings by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci.

Bolognese School (painting): The Bolognese School or the School of Bologna of painting flourished in Bologna, the capital of Emilia Romagna, between the 16th and 17th centuries in Italy, and rivalled Florence and Rome as the center of painting. Its most important representatives

The Flight into Egypt (Annibale Carracci): The Flight into Egypt is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci. Dating from c. 1604, it is housed in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj of Rome. The painting was commissioned in 1603 by Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini for the family chape

The Choice of Hercules: The Choice of Hercules is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci. Dating from 1596, it is housed in the Capodimonte Gallery of Naples. Carracci, who was in Rome from the late 1595 or early 1596, was commissioned this work by Card

The Beaneater: The Beaneater (Italian: Mangiafagioli) is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci. Dating from 1580-1590 (probably 1583-1585), it is housed in the Galleria Colonna of Rome. The painting is connected to the contemporary Butcher's S

The Loves of the Gods (Carracci): The Loves of the Gods is a massive fresco cycle completed by Annibale Carracci and his studio in the Palazzo Farnese (now the French Embassy) in Rome. The fresco series was greatly admired in its time, and was later felt to reflect a change in aesthe

Butcher's Shop (Annibale Carracci): The Butcher's Shop is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci. Dating from the 1580s (probably 1583-1585), it is housed in the Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford. The painting is connected to the contemporary Beaneater (Galleri

Domine quo vadis? (Annibale Carracci): Domine, quo vadis? is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci. Dating from c. 1602, it is housed in the National Gallery, London. The work shows St. Peter in the moment in which, while walking on the Via Appia from Rome, Christ ap

Ludovico Carracci: Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 - 13 November 1619) was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. Ludovico himself apprenticed under Prospero Fontana in Bologna and traveled to Florence, Parma, and Veni

Agostino Carracci: Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (August 16, 1557 - March 22, 1602) was an Italian painter and printmaker. He was the brother of the more famous Annibale and cousin of Lodovico Carracci. He posited the ideal in nature, and was the founder of the compet

Santa Maria del Popolo: Santa Maria del Popolo is a notable Augustinian church located in Rome. It stands to the north side of the Piazza del Popolo, one of the most famous squares of the city, between the ancient Porta Flaminia (one of the gates of the Aurelian Walls and t

Palazzo Farnese, Rome: Palazzo Farnese is a prominent High Renaissance palace in Rome, which currently houses the French Embassy in Italy. "The most imposing Italian palace of the sixteenth century", according to Sir Banister Fletcher(1), this palace was designed by Antoni

Death of the Virgin (Caravaggio): The Death of the Virgin (1606) is a painting completed by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio. It is a near contemporary with the Madonna with Saint Anne now at the Galleria Borghese. It was commissioned by Laerzio Cherubini, a papal lawyer, for hi

Farnese Hercules: The Farnese Hercules is an ancient sculpture, probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century AD by Glykon of an original of Lysippos or one of his circle, of the fourth century BC. , made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated in 21

Sisto Badalocchio: Sisto Badalocchio Rosa (1581 or 1585 - c. 1647) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School. Born in Parma, he worked first under Agostino Carracci in Bologna, then Annibale Carracci, in Rome. He worked with Annibale till 1609, then m

Cerasi Chapel: The Cerasi Chapel (Capella Cerasi) is one of five chapels located within the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. It contains important paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci, two of the founders of Baroque art, all

Christ Church Picture Gallery: Christ Church Picture Gallery is a picture gallery at Christ Church, Oxford, England. The gallery holds an important collection of about 200 Old Master paintings and nearly 2,000 drawings. It is one of the most important private collections in the Un

Palazzo Magnani: Palazzo Magnani is a palace in Bologna, Italy, built by the noble family with the same name. Construction began in 1577 under architect Domenico Tibaldi; on his death in 1583 he was replaced by Floriano Ambrosini. In 1797 the palace became a property