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1587

Agostino Carracci

Associated Names
Agostino Carracci

Artist, Bolognese, 1557 - 1602

This image shows a man's upper body facing slightly to the right with his gaze directed upward and to his right. The man has deep-set eyes, bushy eyebrows, long, thick beard, and mustache. He is wearing a robe with a fur collar, showing visible buttons. The background is plain with horizontal lines, emphasizing the engraving-style artwork. Text is positioned above and below the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 33.1 × 23.8 cm (13 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1173

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bohlin 1979, no. 145, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1979

  • Bohlin, Diane DeGrazia. Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1979.

Wikidata ID

Q65214194

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