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Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci)

Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci) rather than just read about it. In short: Self-Portrait is a 1593 oil on canvas painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci, now in the Galleria Nazionale di Parma. It is dated 17 April 1593 on the top left of the canvas.

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Reference excerpt

Self-Portrait is a 1593 oil on canvas painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci, now in the Galleria Nazionale di Parma. It is dated 17 April 1593 on the top left of the canvas.

History Based on the signed date of the painting, Carracci would have been 33 years old. That time was the period of his greatest artistic success: Carracci had just completed Story of the Foundation of Rome with his cousin Ludovico Carracci for the Palazzo Magnani in Bologna. The painting entered the Galleria Nazionale di Parma after its acquisition by Margherita Dall'Aglio, widow of Bodoni, in December 1841. Quintavalle interpreted the written date of the portrait's completion as "4 di Aprile 1593." Later, that interpretation was corrected by art historian Posner as "17 di Aprile 1593." The painting has always been titled as a self-portrait, based on oral tradition. As reported by Anna Ottavi Cavina, there are a number of 17th-century Carracci prints and drawings that depict his practice of self-portraiture.

Description Annibale Carracci is depicted as a half bust, close-up, with a wide-brimmed felt hat and wearing a dark tabard. The composition is cropped to concentrate attention on his face: his short hair, intense gaze, and the confident expression emerge from a neutral background. Studies have compared this self-portrait with that of Annibale's brother Agostino Carracci, now at the Uffizi, and how their self-portraits show the different characters of the two artists. The Annibale's self-portrait is "contemptuous of all exterior decoration, with enough to go around ... not very clean ... with a coat messily wrapped", while the Agostino's depicts an intellectual with refined features, a musician, and a poet.

References

Bibliography Boschloo A.W.A., Annibale Carracci in Bologna, Visible Reality in Art after the Council of Trent, Kunsthistorische Studien van het Nederlands Instituut te Rome, The Hague, 1974. (in Italian) Angela Ghilardi, Scheda dell'opera; in Lucia Fornari Schianchi (a cura di) Galleria Nazionale di Parma. Catalogo delle opere, il Cinquecento, Milano, 1998. (in Italian) Cesare Malvasia, Felsina pittrice. Vite de'pittori bolognesi, Bologna, 1678. (in Italian) Anna Ottavi Cavina, Annibale Carracci e la lupa del fregio Magnani, in Les Carraches et les décors profanes, Roma, 1988. Posner D., Annibale Carracci, London, 1971. (in Italian) Corrado Ricci, La Regia Galleria di Parma, Parma, 1896. (in Italian) Fornari Schianchi, Come si forma un museo: il caso della Galleria Nazionale di Parma; in Fornari Schianchi (ed.), Galleria Nazionale di Parma. Catalogo delle opere dall'Antico al Cinquecento, Milano, 1997.

External links Catalog entry at the Galleria Nazionale di Parma

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci)

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci)

In research: Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1593 paintings, 16th-century portraits, Collection of the Galleria nazionale di Parma, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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What is Self-Portrait (Annibale Carracci) in simple terms?

Self-Portrait is a 1593 oil on canvas painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci, now in the Galleria Nazionale di Parma. It is dated 17 April 1593 on the top left of the canvas.

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