Artists

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  The Martyrdom of St Margaret $AU 250.27 ~ 5,581.68
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  The Virgin Appearing to St Hyacinth $AU 251.12 ~ 6,824.81
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  The Dream of Saint Catherine of Alexandria $AU 278.70 ~ 1,384.81
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  Bargellini Madonna $AU 260.76 ~ 4,389.56

Ludovico Carracci (c. 1555 Bologna-1619 Bologna) studied with the Mannerist painter Prospero Fontana in Bologna and later with Dominico Passignano in Florence, and worked primarily in his native city. From 1678 on, he was a member of the painters' guild there. Although his works are overshadowed by those of his cousin and pupil Annibale Carracci, he was the first in the artistic family to free himself from the influence of late Mannerism. Through his intense observation of nature he developed a new style by combining impulses from Correggio, Titian and Tintoretto. His workshop was the basis for the founding of the Accademia dei Desiderosi, which he led after the departure of the younger Carracci brothers. His works include The Bargollini Madonna, c. 1590, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna; Scenes from the Life of St. Benedict and St. Cecilia, 1604/05, S. Michele, B osco, near Bologna; and Adoration of the Magi, c. 1616, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.