- Agostino Carracci
Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (
August 16 ,1557 -March 22 ,1602 ) was an Italian painter andprintmaker . He was the brother of the more famous Annibale and cousin ofLodovico Carracci .He posited the ideal in nature, and was the founder of the competing school to the more gritty (for lack of a better term) view of nature as expressed by Caravaggio. He was, along with his brothers, one of the founders of the
Accademia degli Incamminati , which helped propel painters of the School of Bologna to prominence.Life
Agostino Carracci was born in
Bologna , and trained at the workshop of the architect Domenico Tibaldi. Starting from 1574 he worked as a reproductiveengraver , copying works of 16th century masters such asFederico Barocci ,Tintoretto ,Antonio Campi , Veronese andCorreggio . He also produced some original prints, including twoetching s.He travelled to
Venice (1582, 1587-1589) andParma (1586-1587). Together with Annibale and Ludovico he worked in Bologna on the fresco cycles in Palazzo Fava ("Histories of Jason and Medea", 1584) andPalazzo Magnani ("Histories ofRomulus ", 1590-1592). In 1592 he also painted the "Communion of St. Jerome", now in thePinacoteca di Bologna and considered his masterwork. From 1586 is his altarpiece of the "Madonna with Child and Saints", in the National Gallery ofParma .In 1598 Carracci joined his brother Annibale in Rome, to collaborate on the decoration of the Gallery in Palazzo Farnese. From 1598-1600 is a "triple Portrait", now in
Naples , an example of genre painting.In 1600 he was called to Parma by Duke
Ranuccio I Farnese to began the decoration of the Palazzo del Giardino, but he died before it was finished.Agostino's son Antonio Carracci was also a painter, and attempted to compete with his father's Academy.
Works
*"Head of a Faun in a Concave "(drawing in roundel, c. 1595, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)
*"The Penitent Magdalen "(Private collection)
*"The Annunciation ", Musée du Louvre, Paris [http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=18809]
*"The Lamentation ", Hermitage, St. Petersburg [http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-bin/db2www/quickSearch.mac/gallery?selLang=English&tmCond=Carracci+Agostino]
*Erotic workExternal links
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03374c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Carracci]
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