Agostino Carracci

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

Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (August 16, 1557, in Bologna - March 22, 1602, in Parma) was an Italian painter and graphical artist. He posited the ideal in nature, and was the founder of the competing school to the more gritty (for lack of a better term) view of nature as expressed by Caravaggio.

See also Annibale Carracci, Lodovico Carracci

External link

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Carracci (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03374c.htm)

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