Agostino Carracci

Agostino Carracci (born August 16, 1557 in Bologna , † March 22, 1602 in Parma ) was an Italian painter and engraver .

Life

He was destined to be a goldsmith, but then, at the encouragement of his cousin Lodovico Carracci , devoted himself to painting, which he learned under Fontana, whereupon he continued his education by traveling to Lombardy and Venice . But he did not miss the study of science and poetry, so that his teaching activity in the academy was particularly effective in this regard.

When the Carthusians in Bologna gave a picture of Carracci ( The Communion of St. Jerome ) preference over the achievements of its competitors, including his brother Annibale Carracci , he is said to have persuaded him out of jealousy to devote himself exclusively to the engraving. Carracci later painted the frescoes of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome together with his brother .

When Agostino's work was better than that of his jealous brother, he is said to have pushed him away from work again. With a broken heart, Carracci went to Duke Ranuccio I Farnese in Parma , whom he portrayed twice. In the Palazzo del Giardino he still painted the frescoes of heavenly, earthly and commercial love for the prince, which he had completed with the exception of one figure when he died on March 22nd, 1602.

Its main importance is in the field of copperplate engraving . The Dutchman Cornelis Cort had gained great influence in Italy at that time through his firm and energetic manner, and Carracci took it as a model, whereby at the same time Ch. Alberti's more painterly treatment of the engraving had an effect on him. He gained greater freedom and variety in the stroke positions and drew in a firm and magnificent manner. His hatching, carried out with a powerful hand, always expresses the form correctly. Carracci is an important link between the engravers of the 16th century and those of the Rubens school; although not as picturesque as the latter, it has paved the way for them. The number of his leaves is about 270; some of them are made according to his own inventions, some after Italian masters of the 16th century.

Carraci's pornographic drawings were circulated in France nearly two hundred years later.

Self-Portrait 1604
Jerome . (1591) Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
Angélique et Médor.

literature

2) Agostino . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 3, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 824.
Hugo Schmerber : Carracci, Agostino . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 53–55 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Agostino Carracci . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 16, Saur, Munich a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-598-22756-6 , p. 562.
Henry Keazor : "Il vero modo". The Carracci's painting reform. Gebrüder Mann Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-7861-2561-7 .

Web links

Commons : Agostino Carracci - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Agostino Carracci at Google Arts & Culture
Carracci. Catholic Encyclopedia (English)
Literature by and about Agostino Carracci in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ engraving by Jacques Joseph Coiny by Carracci, in: L'Aretino d'Augustin Carrache ou recueil de postures érotiques, d'après les gravures à l'eau-forte par cet artiste célèbre. 1798.

personal data
SURNAME	Carracci, Agostino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	August 16, 1557
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bologna
DATE OF DEATH	March 22, 1602
Place of death	Parma

[1] raving by Jacques Joseph Coiny by Carracci, in: L'Aretino d'Augustin Carrache ou recueil de postures érotiques, d'après les gravures à l'eau-forte par cet artiste célèbre. 1798.