The Carracci were a family of Italian artists. Notable members include:
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Agostino Carracci
Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one of the founders of ...
(1557–1602), Italian painter and printmaker
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Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...
(1560–1609), Italian Baroque painter and brother of Agostino Carracci
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Ludovico Carracci
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 th ...
(1555–1619), Italian painter, etcher, printmaker, and cousin of Agostino and Annibale Carracci
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Antonio Marziale Carracci
Antonio Marziale Carracci (1583 – 8 April 1618) was an Italian painter. He was the natural son of Agostino Carracci.
Life
Carracci was born in the parish of Sta Lucia in Venice, probably in 1583, the product of an affair with a courtesan ...
(1583–1618), Italian painter and son of Agostino Carracci
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Francesco Carracci
Francesco Carracci (1595 – 3 June 1622) was an Italian painter and engraver, and nephew of the more famous Agostino Carracci.
Life
Carracci was the son of Giovanni Antonio Carracci, in Bologna, 1595. His father was a brother of Agostino ...
(1595–1622), Italian painter and engraver, nephew of Agostino Carracci
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Baldassare Aloisi
Baldassare Aloisi, or Baldassare Galanino (12 October 1578 – 1638), was an Italian history and portrait painter and engraver. He was also known as Il Galanino.
Aloisi was born at Bologna, the relative and pupil of Ludovico Carracci.
As his ...
(1578–1638), painter and engraver whose mother, Elena Zenzanini, was a cousin of Agostino and Annibale Carracci
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Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker and architect. He was an accomplished fresco painter of classical landscapes which were popular with leading Roman families.
Life
Grimaldi ...
(1606–1680), painter, whose common law wife was Aloisi's daughter
See also
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Accademia dei Carracci
The Accademia degli Incamminati (Italian for "Academy of Those who are Making Progress" or "Academy of the Journeying") was one of the first art academies in Italy, founded in 1582 in Bologna.
It was founded as the Accademia dei Desiderosi ("Acad ...
, a Bolognese art academy founded by the family
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The Carracci
The Carracci ( , , ) were a Bolognese family of artists that played an instrumental role in bringing forth the Baroque style in painting. Brothers Annibale (1560–1609) and Agostino (1557–1602) along with their cousin Ludovico (1555–161 ...
, the three cousins Agostino, Annibale and Lodovico Carracci
Italian families