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Kneeling Figure (recto); Reclining Figure (verso)

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Italian Artist · 1557–1602

The Carracci drew constantly. When Agostino, his brother Annibale, and their cousin Lodovico sat down to meals, they held bread in one hand and charcoal in the other. As often as not, they poked fun at each other and people on the street. Thus, true caricature developed; an early example can be traced directly to Agostino. In 1582, the Carracci founded the *Accademia degli Incamminati* (Academy of

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Date: about 1582–1585
Medium: Black chalk with white chalk highlights (recto); black chalk (verso), on blue paper
Culture: Italian
Department: Drawings
Institution: Getty Museum

The use of chalk on blue paper was a common practice of Venetian artists and one that Agostino Carracci used frequently, in order to create mass through broad modeling. In the figure on the recto, Carracci used white chalk to pick up highlights on the man's back and curly locks of hair. Carracci based this drawing on a painting by Veronese that he saw on a trip to Venice and Padua in 1582. During this sojourn, Carracci carefully studied the works of the Venetian masters Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese and made numerous engravings after their paintings.

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