Portrait of a drinking young man by Annibale Carracci

Among the early works of Carracci, his genre scenes are most impressive. At that time, genre scenes were written by some other Italian artists, but none of them could compare with Annibale Carracci.

The naturalism of these scenes surprisingly contrasts with the traditions of classicism, which so clearly manifested in the late works of the master. Among the best genre scenes of our hero is, for example, “Portrait of a Drinking Youth”.

It may very well be that this writing Carracci wrote from a peculiar panache, wishing to demonstrate his skill, because the young man is written in a very complex perspective, and in order to write a glass glass, you need a remarkable skill.

The genre picture of Annibale Carracci “Eating beans” is also well-known – cheerful, bright, slightly rough, almost Dutch in spirit and color. But the artist’s highest achievement in genre painting is, of course, the “Meat Shop”, presented in the section “Museums of the World”. Here the ability to transmit “living life” is surprisingly combined with strict adherence to the traditions of the High Renaissance.