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Agostino Carracci, artist
Italian, 1557 - 1602
The Virgin Protecting Members of a Confraternity, circa 1582
Engraving
30.1 x 21.6 cm (image)
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1995.124.45

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after, Veronese (Paolo Caliari)~publisher, Orazio Bertelli

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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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Confraternity a of Members Protecting The Marcus Mrs Mr 43 cat c 17th verso LC stamp his Sopher S M 1973 20 9 Inc Lewis E R Provenance Europe Italy Print Engraving front kneeling men robed two over side each hidden angel an arms her spreading Virgin Agostino Carracci Italian Veronese Paolo Caliari Orazio Bertelli 3154201306970026 A029525 1995.124.45 AFGA