Male Figure Running

Giovanni Lanfranco: 1582–1647

BaroqueItaly

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Biography

Giovanni Lanfranco (26 January 1582 – 30 November 1647) was an Italian Baroque painter. He was a distinguished artist of the Bolognese school, deeply influenced by Annibale Carracci's’ classicism.

Giovanni Gaspare Lanfranco was born in Parma, the third son of Stefano and Cornelia Lanfranchi, and was placed as a page in the household of Count Orazio Scotti. His talent for drawing allowed him to begin an apprenticeship with the Bolognese artist Agostino Carracci, brother of Annibale Carracci, working alongside fellow Parmese Sisto Badalocchio in the local Farnese palaces. Lanfranco's first work, a Madonna and Saints in the church of Sant'Agostino, Piacenza, executed during his apprenticeship under Agostino, is lost.

When Agostino died in 1602, both young artists moved to Annibale's large and prominent Roman workshop, which was then involved in working on the Galleria Farnese in the Palazzo Farnese gallery ceiling. Lanfranco is considered to have contributed to the panel of Polyphemus and Galatea (replica in Doria Gallery) and some minor works in the room.

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Influenced by

Agostino Carraccieditorial inference
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Later influence

François Perriereditorial inference
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art8 recorded works
Museo Nacional del Prado5 recorded works
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Male Figure Running

1582–1647

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 4 5/8in. (20.5 x 11.8cm)
Collection no.: 87.12.64
Attribution: By the artist
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Giovanni Lanfranco. Male Figure Running. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Male Figure Running — Giovanni Lanfranco. 1582–1647.

Medium: Pen and brown ink. Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 4 5/8in. (20.5 x 11.8cm).

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

Credit line: Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887.

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

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