Carracci

American  

[kuh-rah-chee, kahr-raht-chee] / kəˈrɑ tʃi, kɑrˈrɑt tʃi /

noun

1. Agostino 1557–1602, and his brother, Annibale 1560–1609, Italian painters.

2. their cousin Ludovico 1555–1619, Italian painter.

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Carracci British  

/ karˈrattʃi, kəˈrɑːtʃɪ /

noun

1. a family of Italian painters, born in Bologna: Agostino (aɡosˈtiːno) (1557–1602); his brother, Annibale (anˈniːbale) (1560–1609), noted for his frescoes, esp in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome; and their cousin, Ludovico (ludoˈviːko) (1555–1619). They were influential in reviving the classical tradition of the Renaissance and founded a teaching academy (1582) in Bologna

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Carracci

A native of Bologna, Carracci was renowned in his early career for such unidealized, close-up scenes of everyday life, and his first paintings speak to the moment, and market, that Caravaggio would cultivate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Two other artworks snatched in the same raid - Sir Anthony van Dyck's A Soldier on Horseback and A Boy Drinking by Annibale Carracci - are still missing.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024

A standout painting by Agostino Carracci underscores old biases against bodies that would have been considered atypical.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019

They also shared sources in Italian art, such as the works of Titian, Carracci and Caravaggio, he said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2019

Carracci: eclectic artists, who picked out and pieced together parts taken from Correggio, Raphael, Titian and other great artists.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

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