Title page to IL FUNERALE D'AGOSTIN CARRACCIO FATTO IN BOLOGNA SUA PATRIA DAGL'INCAMINATI Academici del Disegno; title inside a cartouche with a globe and stars at top and a grotesque mask at bottom

Francesco Brizio|Ludovico Carracci|Vittorio Benacci

1603 · Engraving with some etching · Drawings and Prints

Title page by Francesco Brizio after a design by Ludovico Carracci from a quarto volume containing a description of the memorial service for the painter Agostino Carracci written by Vittorio Benacci, and seven plates by Guido Reni that illustrate the temporary decorations of the service (see 51.501.4891-4893), held on January 18, 1603 in the Church of the Hospital of Santa Maria della Morte in Bologna.

Artist

Francesco Brizio|Ludovico Carracci|Vittorio Benacci

Date

1603

Medium

Engraving with some etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951