Copy after Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)
The Charity of St Roch c.1600-99
Oil on canvas | 120.3 x 174.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402526
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St Roch, in the upper right, is handing out charity to figures including women and children. The setting is a temple, with triple arches through which a castle is visible.
This is a respectable and reduced copy after an original painting of 1594-5 by Annibale Carracci at Dresden.Provenance
First recorded in the Prince of Wales's apartments at Buckingham House in 1790
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
120.3 x 174.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)