Agostino Carracci

Agostino Carracci belongs to the circle of late sixteenth-century Italian printmakers whose engravings carried the visual language of the Renaissance and early Baroque across Europe. His plates are admired for their disciplined handling of the burin, and the religious subjects he engraved range from the Passion to the mystic marriage of Saint Catherine. The four engravings gathered here, printed from plates dated 1582 to 1585 and including impressions up to later printings, represent his work as a reproductive and devotional engraver. Crucifixion scenes and a Pietà among them show how closely he followed the emotional charge of such subjects.

4 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Christ on the Cross, Saint John to the Right Looking Toward Him, to the Left Is the Fainting Virgin Mary Supported by Two Women

1582 · Engraving

Pietà: Christ supported by the Virgin and an angel at the right

1582 · Engraving

The Crucifixion (1582)

1582 · Engraving

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

1585 · Engraving