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CARRACCI, Agostino

CARRACCI, Agostino Head of a Faun in a Concave (roundel) dsf oil painting on canvas
Head of a Faun in a Concave (roundel) dsf
Painting ID::  5922
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CARRACCI, Agostino Head of a Faun in a Concave (roundel) dsf oil painting on canvas



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  CARRACCI, Agostino
  Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1557-1602 Painter, engraver and draughtsman, cousin of Ludovico Carracci. He abandoned his profession as a tailor, which was also that of his father, Antonio, and began training as a painter. According to Faberi, he studied first in the workshop of the painter Prospero Fontana (like Ludovico), then trained under the engraver and architect Domenico Tibaldi and under the sculptor Alessandro Menganti (1531-c. 1594). However, it is likely that Faberi's account was influenced by his desire to present Agostino's career as an example of the versatile 'cursus studiorum' advocated by the Accademia degli Incamminati. Other sources (Mancini, Malvasia, Bellori) agree that it was his cousin Ludovico who was responsible for directing him towards painting.
  Head of a Faun in a Concave (roundel) dsf
  c. 1595 Pen and brown ink on laid paper, 181 x 187 mm National Gallery of Art, Washington

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