Ludovico Carracci
A Seated Figure Representing 'The Catholic Faith'
About this artwork
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artist:Ludovico Carracci (1555 - 1619) Italian
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title:A Seated Figure Representing 'The Catholic Faith'
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date created:17th century
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materials:Pen, grey-brown ink and wash on paper, laid down (squared in black chalk, torn)
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measurements:22.20 x 15.30 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1966
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accession number:RSA 14
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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...