Agostino Carracci (1557-1602)

• Was an Italian painter, printmaker and tapestry designer.
• Agostino Carracci was born in Bologna.
• He studied painting, first with Prospero Fontana.
• Together with his brother Annibale, he trained as an engraver under the renowned Cornelis Cort in Venice.
• From 1574 he worked as a reproductive engraver, copying works of masters such as Federico Barocci, Tintoretto, Antonio Campi, Veronese and Correggio. 
• 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.
• The academy helped propel painters of the School of Bologna to prominence.
• Agostino's son Antonio Carracci was also a painter.
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