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| Ludovico Carracci Head of youth before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| attributed to Ludovico Carracci Female figure seated in clouds ca. 1590-92 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
"Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619) the cousin of Annibale and Agostino Carracci, was also Annibale's first teacher. He was the head of the Carracci Academy, which he and his cousins founded in Bologna in 1582. From May 31 to July 13, 1602, he is documented as working on the vault of the Gallery of the Palazzo Farnese, and according to Malvasia he was in Rome again late in life. As head of the Carracci Academy he had many pupils, among them Domenichino, Francesco Albani, and Guido Reni. Ludovico was trained by the Bolognese painter Camillo Procaccini but later came under the influence of Federico Barocci, Correggio, and especially Annibale Carracci. In the 1580s and early 1590s he collaborated with his two cousins in the fresco decorations of the Palazzo Fava and the Palazzo Magnani in Bologna and began receiving commissions for altarpieces from leading Bolognese families. Ludovico organized the funeral of his cousin Agostino, held on January 18, 1605, in the church of the Ospedale della Morte, Bologna, and contributed to the decorations."
– from the biographical appendix to Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects, first published in 1672 by Giovan Pietro Bellori – who did not rank Ludovico at the level of Agostino or Annibale, and did not write his Life
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| attributed to Ludovico Carracci Head of Virgin and Child before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Ludovico Carracci Winged Putto - Emblem of Virtue before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| attributed to Ludovico Carracci Charity before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| attributed to Ludovico Carracci Study of nude model before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Ludovico Carracci Study of man with pole before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Ludovico Carracci Bacchanalian figure before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Ludovico Carracci Studies for the Angel of the Annunciation before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Ludovico Carracci Cartoon for Annunciation fresco before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Ludovico Carracci Study for the Annunciation before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Ludovico Carracci Study for the Annunciation before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| attributed to Ludovico Carracci Coat of arms of Pope Paul V Borghese before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| attributed to Ludovico Carracci Studies of Putti before 1619 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |