Agostino Carracci

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

The Communion of St. Jerome (1592), Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna

Agostino Carracci (sometimes also spelled Agostino Caracci, August 16, 1557 – March 22, 1602) was an Italian painter and printmaker. His brother Annibale and cousin Lodovico Carracci were more famous than he was.

He thought nature was an ideal. He founded a school that was competing with that of Caravaggio. Together with his brothers, he founded the Accademia degli Incamminati. The academy helped painters of the School of Bologna to become famous.

Agostino Carracci Media

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  Self portrait of Carracci as a watchmaker

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  Bust-Length Portrait of a Woman

Related pages

• List of Italian painters

Other websites

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Carracci