Agostino Carracci

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Head of a Faun (c.1595) 181 x 187 mm Pen and brown ink on laid paper National Gallery of Art, Washington

Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (August 16, 1557, in Bologna - March 22, 1602, in Parma) was an Italian painter and graphical artist.

1 Life
2 Works
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Life

He posited the ideal in nature, and was the founder of the competing school to the more gritty (for lack of a better term) view of nature as expressed by Caravaggio. He was, along with his brothers, one of the founders of the Academia degli Incamminati, which helped propel painters of the School of Bologna to prominence.

[edit] Works

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Drawing: Head of a Faun in a Concave (roundel) (c. 1595, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)
The Penitent Magdalen (Private collection)
The Annunciation (Louvre) [1]
The Lamentation (Hermitage)[2]
Erotic work