Agostino Carracci

Agostino Carracci (sometimes also spelled Agostino Caracci, 16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter and printmaker.  His brother 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 School of Bologna to become famous.

Related pages
 List of Italian painters

Other websites
Catholic Encyclopedia: Carracci

Category:1557 births
Category:1602 deaths
Category:16th-century Italian painters
Category:Printmakers