Domine quo vadis?
Annibale Carracci · 1601
Why it's great
Saint Peter, running away from Rome, meets Christ on the road, and falls back in surprise. Annibale Carracci painted it in about 1601, and the legend says Peter turned back to Rome after the meeting.
Where to see it
📍 National GalleryCity of Westminster, United Kingdom
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Annibale Carracci was an Italian painter born in Bologna in 1560. He and his brother and cousin founded an art school that brought back the clear, natural style of the Renaissance, and he painted the ceiling of the Farnese Gallery in Rome. He died in 1609.
