Agostino Carracci
1557–1602 · Baroque · 6 works
Agostino Carracci of Bologna, elder brother of Annibale and cousin of Ludovico, worked as an engraver as well as a painter. With them he reformed Italian painting through close observation of nature, and from about 1597 to 1599 he helped Annibale paint the gallery of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome. He died in Parma in 1602.
6 works · 1584–1602
1584–1592 · 3 works
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1593–1602 · 3 works
Walk these 3In Bologna the brothers Annibale and Agostino Carracci and their cousin Ludovico renewed painting through close study of nature, and founded an academy whose pupils included Guido Reni. Annibale moved to Rome by 1595 to decorate the Palazzo Farnese. Agostino, trained as an engraver, appears here with a portrait drawing and an unfinished print.
In the museum: Baroque room · 2 works
Adriaen van Ostade
The Painter, c. 1647
Aelbert Cuyp
View of IJsselmonde Seen Across the New Maas, c. 1640
Annibale Carracci
Boy Drinking, 1582–83
