The Sartorialist Channels Old-Master Painting by Carracci
I’ve been following Scott Schuman’s Sartorialist blog for a long time. He is famous for capturing street fashion trends. But, occasionally he’ll include capture images that seemingly nothing to do with fashion and capture a remarkable sense of place. Today, he posted an image of a “young butcher” in Asni, Morocco.
Scott Schuman. “On The Road…The Young Butcher, Asni, Morocco” (2013) Photograph. Source: The Sartorialist.
Maybe it’s just the art historian in me; I was immediately reminded of “The Butcher Shop” (c. 1580) by Annibale Carracci (Bologna, 1560 — Rome, 1609). While Annibale and his brother, Ludovico, are often remembered for their Classical Baroque work, this painting demonstrates his remarkable range of experimentation.
Annibale Carracci (Bologna, 1560 — Rome, 1609) The Butcher’s Shop (c. 1580) 73 by 105 in. Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford.
It’s interesting to see the Caracci Brothers experiment with the layout and composition in this painting ‘The Butcher Shop’. There’s almost a quality of Chaim Soutine in their paint handling when it comes to depicting flayed carcasses.