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Agostino Carrache
(26th Aug, 1557 - 22nd Mar, 1602)
Tithon
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
Tithon
projet de décoration
nude (male)
sleep
laying down
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About the artwork
Title:
Tithon
Periods:
modern age
17th century
16th century
XVIth century
XVIIth century
Techniques:
blue paper
white chalk
black chalk
brown ink
pen (drawing)
white highlights
wash with brown
chalk highlights
Dimensions:
272 x 429
Inventory number:
INV7339-recto
Detail:
Étude définitive pour la fresque de la voûte de la galerie Farnèse : "Aurore et Céphale"
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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