Portrait of the Artist's Son, Antonio Carracci

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of the Artist's Son, Antonio Carracci

Agostino Carracci

Date
1592/95
Medium
Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper
Culture
Italy
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Agostino Carracci’s training as an engraver and his careful study of the human form are evident in the execution of this portrait of his son Antonio, both in the vigorous strokes of the background and in the structure of the face. Antonio was probably twelve or thirteen years old when his father made this portrait of him.

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