Titian
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 32.9 x 23.5 cm (12 15/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1947.7.14
About the Artist
Agostino Carracci after Titian
Agostino Carracci (1557–1602), born in Bologna to a tailor's family, emerged as a pivotal figure in the Bolognese School alongside his younger brother Annibale and cousin Lodovico. Initially trained as a goldsmith, he turned to painting under Prospero Fontana—master to Ludovico—and later Bartolomeo Passarotti. He journeyed to Parma to study Correggio's masterpieces and, with Annibale, visited Veni...