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Agostino Carracci

1557 - 1602

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Agostino Carracci ( kə-RAH-chee, UK also kə-RATCH-ee, Italian: [aɡoˈstiːno karˈrattʃi]; also Caracci; 16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one of the founders of the Accademia degli Incamminati (Academy of the Progressives) in Bologna. Intended to devise alternatives to the Mannerist style favored in the preceding decades, this teaching academy helped propel painters of the School of Bologna to prominence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agostino Carracci is the 198th most popular painter (up from 229th in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from Italy (up from 777th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Italian Painter.

Agostino Carracci is most famous for his contributions to the art of painting. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome. He was a member of the Carracci family of painters.

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Among painters, Agostino Carracci ranks 198 out of 2,023. Before him are Hans von Aachen, Henry Fuseli, Pieter de Hooch, Aristide Maillol, Pietro da Cortona, and Hans Baldung. After him are Niko Pirosmani, Maurice Utrillo, Johannes Itten, Han van Meegeren, Lucas Cranach the Younger, and Eugène Boudin.

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Among people born in 1557, Agostino Carracci ranks 4. Before him are Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Feodor I of Russia, and Giovanni Gabrieli. After him are Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Stephen Bocskai, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, Oda Nobutada, Balthasar Gérard, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, Lew Sapieha, and Irina Godunova. Among people deceased in 1602, Agostino Carracci ranks 1. After him are Giacomo della Porta, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Renata of Lorraine, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Ii Naomasa, Li Zhi, Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Thomas Morley, and Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Agostino Carracci ranks 729 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro da Cortona (1596), Conrad of Montferrat (1146), Scipio Aemilianus (-185), Gianni Rivera (1943), Domenico Modugno (1928), and Oriana Fallaci (1929). After him are Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476), Giovanni Agnelli (1866), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Lucullus (-118), and Marcus Furius Camillus (-446).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Agostino Carracci ranks 53. Before him are Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), Giulio Romano (1499), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), and Pietro da Cortona (1596). After him are Rosso Fiorentino (1494), Francesco Guardi (1712), Luca Giordano (1634), Andrea del Castagno (1420), Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429), and Francesco Hayez (1791).

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