# Landscape with Bathers [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARRACCI, Agostino]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 40 x 49 cm ## Commentary Like his brother Annibale, Agostino Carracci drew constantly from life. This landscape with its cool blue tones is constructed poetically to lead the eye gently toward the rise on the distant horizon. The nude men clambering onto the rocks above the lake may be a tribute to Michelangelo's influential cartoon for the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/michelan/4drawing/02/01cascin.html'\)" HREF="/html/m/michelan/4drawing/02/01cascin.html">Battle of Cascina</A> in Florence's Council Chamber. ## Related artworks - [Anchises]() - [Hairy Harry, Mad Peter and Tiny Amon \(detail\)]() - [Hairy Harry, Mad Peter and Tiny Amon]() - [Head of a Faun in a Concave \(roundel\)]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [The Holy Family with Sts Anthony Abbot, Catherine and the Infant St John]() - [The Penitent Magdalen]() - [The Three Graces]() - [Titian]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()