Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist — Annibale Carracci. 1606.

Medium: Engraving and etching in black on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image/plate: 12.5 × 16.2 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 13.5 × 16.9 cm (5 3/8 × 6 11/16 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Annibale Carracci was a vibrantly naturalistic painter, a draftsman, and the founder of an artist’s school. This luminous print represents the culmination of the 20 religious intaglio works engraved by the artist. Carracci created the work during a period at the end of his career in Rome marked by self-doubt, and the scene reflects his increasingly personal devotion. As here, the figural groupings in his last prints became increasingly monumental, even as he adopted a more intimate scale.

Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.