Name: Rare-Antique Master Print-AGOSTINO-CARRACCI-PORTRAIT-Simon-Carracci-c.1800
SKU: PICTURA-09807
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Rare-Antique Master Print-AGOSTINO-CARRACCI-PORTRAIT-Simon-Carracci-c.1800

€195.00

‘N. A BOLOGNE EN 1557. MORT A PARME EN 1602. / AUGUSTIN CARRACHE PEINTRE ET GRAVEUR EXCELLENT.’

– Bust portrait of Agostino Carracci in an octagonal frame, turned slightly right, holding a framed title panel and writing with a quill. He wears a ruffled collar and scholarly attire.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 14 x 23 cm (5.51 x 9.06 inch). Image size: 13 x 17 cm. (5.12 x 6.69 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Clean sheet with light edge wear and ample margins; clear, strong impression. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AGOSTINO CARRACCI, ALBERTUS CLOUWET, BELLORI, VITE, 17TH CENTURY, ENGRAVING, ITALIAN BAROQUE, PORTRAIT OF ARTIST, CARRACCI BROTHERS | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

First published in ‘Vite de’ pittori, scultori et architetti moderni’ (1672), Giovanni Pietro Bellori. This is a later impression c. 1800.

Reference: Hollstein Dutch 86-157; Hollstein Dutch 146; New Hollstein Dutch 104; FMP 3319-b.

Biography engraver: P. Simon or Albertus Clouwet (1636-1679) was a Flemish engraver who worked in Italy and is known for his engraved portraits, many of which appeared in biographical collections of artists and noble figures.

Biography artist: Agostino Carracci (1557-1602) was an Italian painter and engraver, and one of the founding members of the Carracci Academy in Bologna. He was instrumental in the development of Baroque art alongside his brother Annibale and cousin Ludovico.