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	(2) Agostino Carracci (b Bologna, 15 Aug 1557; d Parma, 22 March 1602). Painter, engraver and draughtsman, cousin of (1) Ludovico Carracci. He abandoned his profession as a tailor, which was also that of his father, Antonio, and began training as a painter. According to Faberi, he studied first in the workshop of the painter Prospero Fontana (like Ludovico), then trained under the engraver and architect Domenico Tibaldi and under the sculptor Alessandro Menganti (1531–c. 1594). However, it is likely that Faberi’s account was influenced by his desire to present Agostino’s career as an example of the versatile ‘cursus studiorum’ advocated by the Accademia degli Incamminati. Other sources (Mancini, Malvasia, Bellori) agree that it was his cousin Ludovico who was responsible for directing him towards painting. Only recently has it been assumed that he was a pupil of Bartolomeo Passarotti. Part of the Carracci family
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	Carracci, Agostino Academy, §2: The first official academies Bologna, §II, 2: Art life and organization, after c 1400 Carracci Carracci, §I, 1: The Carracci reform and the Accademia degli Incamminati Carracci, §II: (3) Annibale Carracci, §I, 2: Drawings Disegno e colore, §1: 16th-century Italy: origins of the controversy Italy, §III, 4(iv): High Renaissance & Mannerist painting, c 1500–c 1600: Other schools & artists Italy, §III, 5(i): Baroque & Rococo painting, c 1600–c 1750: Bologna & Emilia Romagna Italy, §XVI, 2: Art education: Academies Rome, §III, 4(ii): Art life and organization, 1550–1600 attributions Rome, §V, 25: Palazzo Farnese collaboration Carracci, §II: (1) Ludovico Carracci, §1(i): Training and early work, before c 1590 Carracci, §II: (1) Ludovico Carracci, §1(ii): Middle years, c 1590–1601 copies Mignard: (2) Pierre Mignard I, §1: Training in France and early years in Rome, to 1657 engravings Cavedone, Giacomo Engraving, §II, 3(ii): Commercial growth, c 1500–c 1600 etchings Reproduction of works of art, §2(i): 15th–17th centuries patrons and collectors Bourbon del Monte, Francesco Maria Carracci, §I, 2: Collaboration Damery Este (i): (13) Cesare d’Este Farnese: (5) Odoardo Farnese Franzone Sampieri pupils Badalocchio, Sisto Lanfranco, Giovanni, §1: Early training and first independent works: Parma, Piacenza and Rome, to 1610 Reni, Guido, §I, 1: Bologna, 1575–1601 reproductive prints by others Bertelli Erotic art, §II: Historiography and collections Mignard: (1) Nicolas Mignard Tibaldi: (2) Domenico Tibaldi Traballesi, Giuliano works Bonasone, Giulio Calvaert, Denys Caricature, §1(i): Western before 1720 Castello (ii): (1) Bernardo Castello Cignani, Carlo Drawing, §IV, 4: 17th century Erotic art, §I, 2(ii): Western world, c 1500–c 1700 Fiammingo, Paolo Italy, §V, 3: Interior decoration, 1600–1699 Theatre, §III, 3(i)(b): Italy: Baroque stage design and costume Veronese, Paolo, §IV, 3: Critical reception and posthumous reputation: Influence writings Aesthetics, §II, 3(i): Renaissance and Baroque: Synthetic beauty

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