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Agostino Carracci, artist
Italian, 1557 - 1602
Portrait of Pope Innocent IX, 1591
Engraving
25.9 x 20.1 cm (image)
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1995.124.43

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Artist Biography: Born Bologna 1557, died Parma 1602. Originally a goldsmith, studied printmaking with Domenico Tibaldi, and was the first of the 3 Carracci to become a printmaker. Also worked with Passarotti and Prospero Fontana. Worked in Venice and Florence but mostly in Bologna. Went to Rome 1594 for Farnese, then to Parma 1600 where he died in 1602.~~Reference: Istituto Nazionale per la grafica. Annibale Carracci e i suoi incisori. Roma: 1986, …cole franÁaise de Rome.~Bohlin, Diane DeGrazia. Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family. Washington: 1979, National Gallery of Art.~Bartsch, Adam. Le Peintre-graveur. W¸rzburg: 1920. vol. 18.~Bohlin, Diane DeGrazia. Italian Masters of the Sixteenth Century. The Illustrated Bartsch vol. 39. New York: 1980, Abaris Books.~

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IX Innocent of Marcus Mrs Mr 47 c 17th verso LL stamp his Sopher S M 285 cat Mannerist Colnaghi Provenance Europe Italy Print Engraving 1591 date identifying right inn arms coat Facchinetti upper panel front parapet visible hand left pope portrait length half Agostino Carracci Italian 3154201306970024 A029523 1995.124.43 AFGA