Russian Impressionist Painter, 1865-1911  Related Paintings of Valentin Serov :. | Peter the Great Riding to Hounds | Girl awith Peaches | Farm Yard in Finland | the Overgrown Pond. Domotcanovo | Portrait of Sergei Diaghilev |
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Dvid Beck

Cuvelier Hippolythe
Saint-Omer 1803-1876
CARRACCI, Agostino
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1557-1602 Painter, engraver and draughtsman, cousin of Ludovico Carracci. He abandoned his profession as a tailor, which was also that of his father, Antonio, and began training as a painter. According to Faberi, he studied first in the workshop of the painter Prospero Fontana (like Ludovico), then trained under the engraver and architect Domenico Tibaldi and under the sculptor Alessandro Menganti (1531-c. 1594). However, it is likely that Faberi's account was influenced by his desire to present Agostino's career as an example of the versatile 'cursus studiorum' advocated by the Accademia degli Incamminati. Other sources (Mancini, Malvasia, Bellori) agree that it was his cousin Ludovico who was responsible for directing him towards painting.