Five numbered scenes, each after a painter in the Accademia Degl'Incamminati, from IL FUNERALE D'AGOSTINO CARRACCIO FATTO IN BOLOGNA SUA PATRIA DAGL'INCAMINATI Academici del Disegno: 1. Virtue vanquishing Envy and Fortune, painted by Giulio Cesare Parigino; 2. Apollo and the Muses at the tomb of Agostino Carracci, painted by Luigi Valesio; 3. Mercury pointing to a constellation with the personification of Painting and that of the city of Bologna, Felsina, painted by Aurelio Benelli; 4. Personification of Painting being comforted by Poetry, and the personification of a river at right, painted by Lodovico Carracci; 5. Allegory of Knowledge and Vigilance chasing Envy out of Heaven, painted by Lorenzo Garbieri.
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 4 1/2 × 4 11/16 in. (11.5 × 11.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.4893
Tags
Art Historical Context
This intricate etching, created in 1603 by Reni after designs by fellow Bolognese artists, captures five allegorical scenes from the grand funeral procession of Agostino Carracci (1557–1602) in his native Bologna. Organized by the Acc degli Incamminati—an influential drawing academy founded by Agostino's brother Ludovico and others—the event honored Agostino's pivotal role in the Carracci family's reform of Italian art. Rejecting the excesses of Mannerism, the Carracci championed a balanced "eclectic" style blending classical ideals, naturalism, and emotional depth, profoundly shaping the Bolo...
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Giulio Cesare Parigini|Giovanni Luigi Valesio|Aurelio Bonelli|Ludovico Carracci|Lorenzo Garbieri · 1575–1642
Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most celebrated Italian painters of the Baroque era and the dominant figure of the Bolognese School. Born into a family of musicians in Bologna, he trained first with Denys Calvaert before joining the influential Accademia degli Incamminati led by Ludovico Carracci. Reni achieved international fame through his idealizing style that combined Baroque dynamism wi...