Agostino Carracci

(1557–1602) italiensk målare under barocken

Agostino Carracci (1557–1602) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Agostino Carracci belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Agostino Carracci was born in Bologna and died in Parma. The teachers included Domenico Tibaldi, Prospero Fontana, and Bartolomeo Passarotti. Agostino Carracci worked in Rome, Venice, Milan, and Bologna. The students included Giovanni Lanfranco and Antonio Marziale Carracci.

The best-known works include ‘Annunciation’, ‘The Last Communion of St Jerome’, and ‘Hairy Harry, Mad Peter and Tiny Amon by Agostino Carracci’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting and portrait. The catalogue has 72 works by Agostino Carracci with free images. The dated works span the years 1550–1602. Works by Agostino Carracci are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Prints in the National Gallery of Art, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Museo di Capodimonte.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Antonio Tempesta, Isaac Oliver, Aurelio Lomi, Pietro Sorri, and Adriaen de Vries.

• Mannerism
• Hairy Harry, Mad Peter and Tiny Amon by Agostino Carracci
• The Last Communion of St Jerome
• Madonna and Child with Saints