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Butcher's Shop
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Italian artist Annibale Carracci painted this scene inside a butcher shop with life-size figures at work. Carcasses hang while butchers cut and display their wares. The painting treats a humble trade with the dignity of grand art.
Carracci and his family ran an academy that promoted drawing from life. This boldly realistic subject shows their naturalistic philosophy. The work is held at Christ Church, Oxford.
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About Butcher's Shop
Annibale Carracci, a key figure in Italian Baroque painting who promoted naturalism You can see it at Christ Church, Oxford.
You can see it at Christ Church, Oxford in Oxford, UK. Annibale Carracci created it. Carcasses hang while butchers cut and display their wares.
Annibale Carracci painted this large-scale butcher shop scene around 1580. Showing tradesmen at work on this scale was radical. The Carracci family were actually nicknamed "the butchers" in Bologna.
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