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Lodovico Carrache (1st May, 1555 - 13th Nov, 1619)

Le Christ succombant sous le poids de la Croix

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Madeleine Coursaget

musée du Louvre

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Title:

Le Christ succombant sous le poids de la Croix

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Dimensions:

280 x 210

Inventory number:

INV7683-recto

Location:

musée du Louvre

About the author(s)

Author:

Lodovico Carrache

Also known as:

Louis Carrache

Ludovico Carracci

Lodovico Carraci

Ludovic Carrache

Born:

1st May, 1555

Dead:

13th Nov, 1619

Country:

Italie

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light that create spiritual emotion and are credited with reinvigorating Italian art, especially fresco art, which was subsumed with formalistic Mannerism. He died in Bologna in 1619. Read more...