The Obsequies of Agostino Carracci: Third Plate

1603

Guido Reni, after Giulio Cesare Parigino, after Lorenzo Garbieri, Giovanni Luigi Valesio, Aurelio Bonelli, Lodovico Carracci, and Lorenzo Garbieri

Associated Names
Guido Reni

Artist, Bolognese, 1575 - 1642

Giulio Cesare Parigino

Artist After, Italian, active c. 1603 - 1619

Lorenzo Garbieri

Artist After, Italian, 1580/1582 - 1654

Giovanni Luigi Valesio

Artist After, Italian, 1583 - 1650

Aurelio Bonelli

Artist After, Italian, 1569 - after 1620

Lodovico Carracci

Artist After, Bolognese, 1555 - 1619

Lorenzo Garbieri

Artist After, Italian, 1580/1582 - 1654

This drawing shows five distinct scenes contained within defined spaces. Each scene is framed by thin lines.  

The first vignette shows figures in flowing garments against a backdrop of swirling clouds. Below, a reclining figure is surrounded by a celestial atmosphere. 

The central vignette features a seated figure looking towards standing figures. The fourth scene shows reclining figures engaging in repose or discourse, with one figure extending a hand. 

The last vignette depicts a figure in motion, conveying energy and determination through garment folds and pose. Each scene is detailed with attention to garment folds and figure expressions, emphasizing drama and emotion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802 - 1821, no. 56

  • Series Title

    Il Funerale d'Agostin Carraccio fatto in Bologna...


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 56

1980

  • The Illustrated Bartsch, vol. 40 commentary, no. .021


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