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Agostino Carrache
(26th Aug, 1557 - 22nd Mar, 1602)
Berger à genoux
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Michel Urtado
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
shepherd
figure study
on one's knees
drapery
side-view
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About the artwork
Title:
Berger à genoux
Periods:
17th century
modern age
16th century
Techniques:
blue paper
black chalk
chalk
Dimensions:
412 x 319
Inventory number:
INV7359-recto
Detail:
Etude pour la figure du berger au premier plan à droite de "l'Adoration des bergers", tableau en partie détruit, oeuvre exécutée pour l'autel de la Capella Gessi, de l'église San Bartolomeo di Reno, à Bologne (actuellement Santa Maria della Pioggia)
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Agostino Carrache
Also known as:
Augustin Carrache
Born:
26th Aug, 1557
Dead:
22nd Mar, 1602
Country:
Italie
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Agostino Carracci
(or
Caracci
) (16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter and printmaker. He was the brother of the more famous Annibale and cousin of Lodovico Carracci. He posited the ideal in nature, and was the founder of the competing school to the more gritty view of nature as expressed by Caravaggio. He was one of the founders of the Accademia degli Incamminati along with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci. The academy helped propel painters of the…
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