What is Agostino Carracci?
[[Image:Carracci Agostino Faun.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Head of a Faun'' (c. 1595) 181 x 187 mm <br />Pen and brown ink on laid paper <br /> National Gallery of Art, Washington]] [[Image:Agostino Carracci.jpg|thumb|250px|''The Communion of St. Jerome'' (1592), Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna]] {{commonscat|Agostino Carracci}} '''Agostino Carracci''' (sometimes also spelled '''Agostino Caracci''', 16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]] and [[print]]maker. His brother [[Annibale Carracci|Annibale]] and cousin [[Lodovico Carracci]] were more famous than he was. He thought [[nature]] was an ideal. He founded a school that was competing with that of [[Caravaggio]]. Together with his brothers, he founded the [[Accademia degli Incamminati]]. The academy helped painters of the [[Bolognese School (painting)|School of Bologna]] to become famous. ==Related pages== * [[List of Italian painters]] ==Other websites== *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03374c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Carracci] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carracci, Agostino}} [[Category:1557 births]] [[Category:1602 deaths]] [[Category:16th-century Italian painters]] [[Category:Printmakers]]