Self-Portrait with Other Figures
Technical Details
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Title
Self-Portrait with Other Figures -
Author
Annibale Carracci -
Year
c. 1593 -
Dimensions
cm 60 x 48 -
Inventory
310 -
Room
XXXII
The painter portrays himself in the mirror with three men who have been variously identified: the eldest may be Antonio, Annibale’s father, while the younger one is thought to be his brother Agostino’s illegitimate son Antonio. This family of artists, with their cousin Ludovico, played a key role in the renewal of painting at the turn of the 16th century. While there is likely to a reference here to the “three ages of man”, it is also the depiction of a glimpse of reality reflected in a mirror.
