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Carracci, Agostino (1557–1602) | Artheon Museum

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Portrait of Carracci, Agostino

Carracci, Agostino

1557–1602

Nationality: Papal States

Born: 1557, Bologna

Died: 1602, Parma

Gender: male

Occupations

printmaker

painter

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Biography

Agostino left his profession as a tailor to become an artist. His earliest works were engravings, which was an extremely profitable practice and he was famed for having attained new heights of perfection. He was also a skilled painter and collaborated with his famous relations on various commisions. Comment on works: Religious; Portraits.

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Notable Works

The Last Communion of St Jerome
Hairy Harry, Mad Peter and Tiny Amon by Agostino Carracci
Annunciation

Artworks

158 artworks

Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso)

Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso)

ca. 1590–93

Love Conquers All (Omnia vincit Amor), in a struggle with a satyr Amor places his right knee on its thigh, two nude nymphs are seated with interlocking legs at the base of a tree

Love Conquers All (Omnia vincit Amor), in a struggle with a satyr Amor places his right knee on its thigh, two nude nymphs are seated with interlocking legs at the base of a tree

1599

Satyr whipping a nymph, who is shown from behind and bound to a tree, a second satyr bearing a club stands in the middle ground

Satyr whipping a nymph, who is shown from behind and bound to a tree, a second satyr bearing a club stands in the middle ground

ca. 1590–95

Five Legs and Three Feet

Five Legs and Three Feet

17th century

La Gierusalemme Liberata

La Gierusalemme Liberata

1590

Symbolicarum Quaestionum. . .Libri Quinque

Symbolicarum Quaestionum. . .Libri Quinque

1574

Studies of Nudes and Human Heads (recto and on the verso)

Studies of Nudes and Human Heads (recto and on the verso)

1557–1602

Aeneas and his family fleeing Troy

Aeneas and his family fleeing Troy

1595

Stage set for the marriage of Ferdinand de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine in Florence in 1589; Apollo and the Python

Stage set for the marriage of Ferdinand de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine in Florence in 1589; Apollo and the Python

1589–92

Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus and Eurydice

ca. 1590–95

Coat of Arms of a Cardinal of the Sampieri Family

Coat of Arms of a Cardinal of the Sampieri Family

1590–95

Omnia Vincit Amor

Omnia Vincit Amor

1599

Bust of an Old Man

Bust of an Old Man

ca. 1583

The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

1582

Allegory of the Psalm of David; Misericordia seated to the left feeding four children with milk from her breast, Truth seated to the right holding an open book in her left hand and her foot resting on a globe, Justice stands behind to the left holding a pair of scales and embracing Peace who stands to the right holding a caduceus

Allegory of the Psalm of David; Misericordia seated to the left feeding four children with milk from her breast, Truth seated to the right holding an open book in her left hand and her foot resting on a globe, Justice stands behind to the left holding a pair of scales and embracing Peace who stands to the right holding a caduceus

1579

Ecce Homo

Ecce Homo

1587