Antique Master Print-OLD-BEARDED-MAN-PROFILE-DRAWING-STUDY-Carracci-1810

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.4 x 16.4 cm (8.03 x 6.46 inch). Image size: 11.7 x 15.5 cm. (4.61 x 6.1 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Minor age-related wear and slight staining in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AGOSTINO CARRACCI, OLD MAN, BEARD, PROFILE HEAD, DRAWING STUDY, ACADEMIC MODEL, DRAWING MANUAL, ART EDUCATION, CARRACCI SCHOOL, DUTCH COPY | PCO-C22-01

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Spiegel der natuur en school ter teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. Allen zoo veele studiën van Silvestre, Perelle, Quinault, Du Moulin, Della Bella, Zaftleven, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Nolpe, Vermeulen, Visscher en Schenk (…)’. Published by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop, Amsterdam, 1810. The publication assembles studies after celebrated seventeenth-century masters intended for artistic training. .

State: Extremely rare ed./restrike from original seventeenth-century copperplate.

Reference: Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; WorldCat 921087103, 921087104, 740254525; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-84.

Biography artist: Agostino Carracci (1557–1602) was an Italian painter, engraver and teacher from Bologna. Together with Annibale and Ludovico Carracci he founded the Accademia degli Incamminati, revolutionizing artistic training and influencing European academic art for centuries.