Modern copy of a panel for a decorative frieze with portrait of Carracci (from an original set of six) ca. 1771 French One of nine panels forming originally a decorative frieze in the cabinet intérieur of Étienne-François, duc de Choiseul (1719-1785) at his chteau of Chanteloup. In an anonymous drawing dating to ca. 1771, six of the frieze panels are seen in the dukes private cabinet, one of the most richly decorated rooms in the castle, placed above large paintings by Giovanni Paolo Panini. Together the paintings and carved frieze panels, each with a medallion of a celebrated Italian artist framed by tied branches of laurel leaves and ribbon-tied garlands of flowers, commemorated Choiseuls successful ambassadorship to the Vatican in 1753-1757. This particular panel has the portrait of the Italian painter Annibale Carracci (1560-1603), as identified in the French spelling of his name below. Overall, this and the other panels recall the decorative vignettes with profile medallion of