Agostino Carraci

Italian painter

1557 CE to 1602 CE

Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (August 16, 1557 – March 22, 1602) is an Italian painter and printmaker.

He is the brother of the more famous Annibale and cousin of Lodovico Carracci.

He posits the ideal in nature, and is the founder of the competing school to the more gritty (for lack of a better term) view of nature as expressed by Caravaggio.

He is one of the founders of the Accademia degli Incamminati along with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci.

The academy helpspropel painters of the School of Bologna to prominence.

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