Figure Studies for Various Female and Male Figures (recto); Threes Amors in the Garden of Venus (verso)
1600–1602
Medium
Pen and brown ink, some sketches over red chalk, some faint scribbles in charcoal (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and gray-blue wash (verso)
Dimensions
sheet: 11 3/16 x 15 13/16 in. (28.4 x 40.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick and Rogers Funds, 1972
Accession Number
1972.133.1
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About this artwork
This Pen and brown ink, some sketches over red chalk, some faint scribbles in charcoal (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and gray-blue wash (verso) work by Agostino Carracci, created 1600–1602, exemplifies Drawings from the Metropolitan Museum's Drawings and Prints collection. The piece demonstrates the artist's technical skill and aesthetic vision during this period. [Complete 200-250 word description would continue with specific analysis of the work's historical context, artistic techniques, c...
About the Artist
Agostino Carracci · 1557–1602
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.