page_title: Baldassare Carrari
hierarchical_section_title: Baldassare Carrari
caption_attribution_description: English: The subject of this painting is the celebration of Christ's birth, although the infant Christ, who stands in his mother's lap, seems much older than a newborn. The ass and ox on the left are traditional witnesses of Christ's birth in the Bethlehem stable. The procession in the background signals a later event: the arrival of the wise men from the East to pay homage to the Messiah. The painting is spectacular for its many plant and animal details, each with a specific symbolic significance. For instance, the snail (in the right corner) was often meant to suggest sin because of its trail of slime, and the red poppy (the second flowering plant on the left) is a traditional symbol of Christ's Passion because of its color.
context_page_description: Baldassare Carrari or Baldassarre Carrari il Giovane was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active in both his native Forlì and Ravenna from 1486 till his death in his town of birth. He was a pupil of the painter Niccoló Rondinelli.
  He was son of a Matteo, but a relative of Baldassarre Carrari il Vecchio. Corrado Ricci considered him a distant follower of Melozzo da Forlì
context_section_description: Baldassare Carrari (Forlì, circa 1460, 14 February 1516) or Baldassarre Carrari il Giovane was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active in both his native Forlì and Ravenna from 1486 till his death in his town of birth. He was a pupil of the painter Niccoló Rondinelli. 
  He was son of a Matteo, but a relative of Baldassarre Carrari il Vecchio (Baldassarre Carrari the Elder). Corrado Ricci considered him a distant follower of Melozzo da Forlì (died 1494 in Rome, perhaps through contacts with Melozzo's pupil, Marco Palmezzano, but also painting with a style influenced by Lorenzo Costa and Niccolo Rondinelli of Ravenna.
caption: Holy Family with Angel
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