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Agostino Carracci
Agostino Carracci

Agostino Carracci

Italian, 1557-1602
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Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one of the founders of the Accademia degli Incamminati (Academy of the Progressives) in Bologna. This teaching academy promoted the Carracci emphasized drawing from life. It promoted progressive tendencies in art and was a reaction to the Mannerist distortion of anatomy and space. The academy helped propel painters of the School of Bologna to prominence.

Agostino Carracci was born in Bologna as the son of a tailor. He was the elder brother of Annibale Carracci and the cousin of Ludovico Carracci. He initially trained as a goldsmith. He later studied painting, first with Prospero Fontana, who had been Lodovico's master, and later with Bartolomeo Passarotti. He traveled to Parma to study the works of Correggio. Accompanied by his brother Annibale, he spent a long time in Venice, where he trained as an engraver under the renowned Cornelis Cort. Starting from 1574 he worked as a reproductive engraver, copying works of 16th century masters such as Federico Barocci, Tintoretto, Antonio Campi, Veronese and Correggio. He also produced some original prints, including two etchings.

He traveled to Venice (1582, 1587–1589) and Parma (1586–1587). Together with Annibale and Ludovico he worked in Bologna on the fresco cycles in Palazzo Fava (Histories of Jason and Medea, 1584) and Palazzo Magnani (Histories of Romulus, 1590–1592). In 1592 he also painted the Communion of St. Jerome, now in the Pinacoteca di Bologna and considered his masterwork. In 1620, Giovanni Lanfranco, a pupil of the Carracci, famously accused another Carracci student, Domenichino, of plagiarizing this painting. From 1586 is his altarpiece of the Madonna with Child and Saints, in the National Gallery of Parma. 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 begin 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.

An engraving by Agostino Carraci after the painting Love in the Golden Age by the 16th-century Flemish painter Paolo Fiammingo was the inspiration for Matisse's Le bonheur de vivre (Joy of Life).

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Nuditet med mand og kvinde

Nuditet med mand og kvinde (1572 – 1602)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
Figurative
Nuditet med mand og kvinde

Nuditet med mand og kvinde (1572 – 1602)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
Figurative
Prisoners are brought before a commander

Prisoners are brought before a commander

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Omnia vincit Amor

Omnia vincit Amor (ca 1599)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Old satyr to the left

Old satyr to the left

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Female lute player

Female lute player

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Landschaft mit einem Heiligen und zwei weiteren Figuren

Landschaft mit einem Heiligen und zwei weiteren Figuren

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Studien zu einem Heiligen Hieronymus

Studien zu einem Heiligen Hieronymus (ca 1602)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Studien zu einem Heiligen Hieronymus

Studien zu einem Heiligen Hieronymus (ca 1602)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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A wooded landscape with a figure resting beside a road and a river in the background

A wooded landscape with a figure resting beside a road and a river in the background

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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The Sacrifice of Pelias to Neptune

The Sacrifice of Pelias to Neptune (1584)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1590)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Portrait of His Son, Antonio Carracci

Portrait of His Son, Antonio Carracci (1592-95)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Frieze of Putti, Sketch of Lot and His Daughters, Sketch of Buildings

Frieze of Putti, Sketch of Lot and His Daughters, Sketch of Buildings

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
Drawings
Four Sketches; Standing Male Figure; Profile Bust of Bearded Man; Profile Head of Bearded Man; Landscape

Four Sketches; Standing Male Figure; Profile Bust of Bearded Man; Profile Head of Bearded Man; Landscape

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Four Sketches; Griffin, Grotesque Head, Head of Satyr, Bent Leg

Four Sketches; Griffin, Grotesque Head, Head of Satyr, Bent Leg

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Balaam’s Ass

Balaam’s Ass

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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A Group of Shepherds, and Other Studies

A Group of Shepherds, and Other Studies (1598–1600)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Kneeling Figure

Kneeling Figure (1582–1585)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Head of a Monk; Caricature of a Man in Profile

Head of a Monk; Caricature of a Man in Profile (1590)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Cupid Overpowering Pan

Cupid Overpowering Pan (1590)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Kneeling Saint and other sketches

Kneeling Saint and other sketches (1580s)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Bust-Length Portrait of a Woman

Bust-Length Portrait of a Woman (1557–1602)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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The Holy Family (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)

The Holy Family (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Male Nude

Male Nude

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Landscape with The Temptation of Christ

Landscape with The Temptation of Christ

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Seated Male Nude (recto)

Seated Male Nude (recto) (1600-1602)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
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Study of Heads (recto)

Study of Heads (recto) (2nd half 1500s)

Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
Drawings

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