Crawling Male Figure (Study for Cacus)

1593

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Charcoal or soft black chalk, highlighted with traces of white chalk, on blue-gray paper faded light brown
Dimensions: sheet: 15 3/16 x 19 5/8 in. (38.5 x 49.9 cm)
Collection no.: 1972.118.244
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Annibale Carracci. Crawling Male Figure (Study for Cacus). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Crawling Male Figure (Study for Cacus) — Annibale Carracci. 1593.

Medium: Charcoal or soft black chalk, highlighted with traces of white chalk, on blue-gray paper faded light brown. Dimensions: sheet: 15 3/16 x 19 5/8 in. (38.5 x 49.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

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.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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