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

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

Agostino Carracci

1557–1602

Medium

Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite

Tags

Heads Male Nudes

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 7/16 x 8 1/8 in. (21.5 x 20.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Agostino Carracci

1557–1602 • Papal States

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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