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. Ceres lamenting the death of Carracci before Jupiter, painted by Ippolito Ferrantini; 2. Personification of Painting entrusting Carracci's body to Fame, painted by Giovanni Battista Bertusi; 3. The Fates leading the blindfolded Carracci to the foot of Jupiter's throne, painted by Lucio Massari; 4. Three rivers representing the cities of Bologna, Rome and Parma (Reno, Tiber and Parma) with Fame at left, designed by Sebastiano Razzali and painted by Baldessare Aloisi Galanini; 5. Agostino Carracci abducted by Mars who is jealous of the artist's portrait of Adonis made for a Farnese gallery panel, painted by Giovanni Battista Busi.
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 4 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (12 × 11.7 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
51.501.4892
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Giovanni Battista Bertusi|Ippolito Ferrantini|Lucio Massari|Baldassare Aloisi Galanini|Sebastiano Razzali|Giovanni Battista Busi · 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...