Ludovico Carracci
Two Standing Angels
About this artwork
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artist:Ludovico Carracci (1555 - 1619) Italian
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title:Two Standing Angels
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen, brown ink and grey wash on paper (upper left corner made up)
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measurements:20.50 x 11.30 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1962
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accession number:D 4873
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Ludovico Carracci
Ludovico Carracci
Ludovico Carracci, together with his younger cousins Agostino and Annibale, founded the celebrated Carracci Academy in Bologna in the early 1580s, where they fostered a new, naturalistic approach to painting, with a strong emphasis on life drawing. They are considered to have reformed Italian art...