Madonna col Bambino sulla Luna crescente
| Reference: | S20972 |
| Author | Agostino CARRACI |
| Year: | 1589 |
| Measures: | 170 x 210 mm |
€700.00
| Reference: | S20972 |
| Author | Agostino CARRACI |
| Year: | 1589 |
| Measures: | 170 x 210 mm |
€700.00
Description
Engraving, 1589, signed on lower plate: Iacobus Ligotius inven. at right: Augustinus Caracius. Dated lower centre, under the dedication to Maria de' Medici (1575 – 1642):
Illmae et Eccellmae Principi Mariae Medices/1589
After a subject of Jacopo Ligozzi. Example in one state.
Magnificent work, printed on contemporary laid paper without watermark, trimmer to platemark with minor repair on lower left corner, otherwise in excellent condition.
Carracci realized this engraving while he was working at dei Medici court in Florence; this was also when he probably met Ligozzi who worked in the same city from 1578. The subject was immediately very popular, as the many copies, both contemporary and not, certificate.
Literature
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Bartsch 34; De Grazia 150. Dimensioni 170x210.
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Agostino CARRACI (Bologna 1557 - Parma 1602)
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Leading figure of the “Accademia degli Incamminati”, started in Bologna by his uncle, Lodovico Carracci, Agostino supported the anti-mannerism movement. He wanted to restore the great Italian tradition of the Renaissance, referring to artists such as Titian, Raphael, Michelangelo and Correggio.
Unlike Lodovico and Annibale, who preferred paintings and frescoes, he devouted himself to engravings, which he considered more coherent with his nature, reaching a very high quality level for the brightness of his sign and his technical skills.
He visited Parma, Venice and Rome (1594) following his brother Annibale who had been hired by the Farnese family, and this helped him to enlarge his knowledge of contemporary engravings.
His catalogue of engravings includes 234 pieces, with sacred subjects, taken from the main artists of his time (Tintoretto, Barocci, his brother Annibale, Francesco Vanni and many others); profane subjects, which he particularily loved and in which it can be seen his deep love for old, classic arts.
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Literature
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Bartsch 34; De Grazia 150. Dimensioni 170x210.
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Agostino CARRACI (Bologna 1557 - Parma 1602)
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Leading figure of the “Accademia degli Incamminati”, started in Bologna by his uncle, Lodovico Carracci, Agostino supported the anti-mannerism movement. He wanted to restore the great Italian tradition of the Renaissance, referring to artists such as Titian, Raphael, Michelangelo and Correggio.
Unlike Lodovico and Annibale, who preferred paintings and frescoes, he devouted himself to engravings, which he considered more coherent with his nature, reaching a very high quality level for the brightness of his sign and his technical skills.
He visited Parma, Venice and Rome (1594) following his brother Annibale who had been hired by the Farnese family, and this helped him to enlarge his knowledge of contemporary engravings.
His catalogue of engravings includes 234 pieces, with sacred subjects, taken from the main artists of his time (Tintoretto, Barocci, his brother Annibale, Francesco Vanni and many others); profane subjects, which he particularily loved and in which it can be seen his deep love for old, classic arts.
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