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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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

An altarpiece by Annibale Carracci shows the corpse of Jesus on his mother’s lap.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019

And we find it once more in a fragmentary painting by Annibale Carracci.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2012

He therefore obtained the assistance of his two nephews, Agostino and Annibale Carracci, sons of a tailor, and in concert with them opened an academy at Bologna in 1589.

From Six Centuries of Painting by Davies, Randall