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CARRACCI, Agostino
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Head_of_a_Faun_in_a_Concave_(roundel)_dsf
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c._1595
Pen_and_brown_ink_on_laid_paper,_181_x_187_mm
National_Gallery_of_Art,_Washington
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Head of a Faun in a Concave (roundel) dsf
CARRACCI, Agostino1.jpg
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Pen and brown ink on laid paper, 181 x 187 mm
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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.
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