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marvellous. In addition to his masterpiece, men-
tion may be made of: "St. Francis receiving the
Stigmata" (Vienna); "Triumph of Galatea" (Lon-
don). Among his numerous plates the best and
most celebrated are: "Antonio Carracci" (his
father); "Tiziano Vecelli"; "The Repose in Egypt".
Annibale, painter, etcher, and engraver, brother
of Agostino, b. at Bologna, 3 November, 1560;
d. in Rome. 15 July, 1609. The boy's father, after
much persuasion by Lodovico an uncle, was induced
to let Annibale study painting instead of learning
the trade of tailor, and Lodovico became his first
teacher. After a visit to Parma and a study of the
masters in that city, Annibale accompanied his
brother Agostino to Venice and worked with him
there. He returned to Bologna in 15cS9, and with
his uncle and brother opened the Academy of the
Incamminati or Desiderosi, called later the "School
of the Eclectics" and the "School of the Carracci",
and etched plates the best is: "The Dead Christ in
the Lap of the Virgin ", called the " Caprarola Christ ".
Antonio Marziale, an Italian painter, the natural
son of Agostino Carracci, b. in Venice, 1583; d. in
Rome, 1618. He began his art studies early and
proved an apt scholar. He was taught first by his
father, and later and chiefly by his uncle Annibale for
whom he developed a deep affection. With Annibale
he went to Rome where most of his work was done.
Cardinal Tonti employed the talented youth to
decorate his chapel, and on its completion he was
commissioned to paint the chapel of St. Charles
Borromeo, and a frieze in one of the rooms of the
pope's palace at Monte Cavallo. His easel pictures
were few. and are to-day exceedingly rare. In
1609, when his uncle and teacher, Annibale, died,
he showed his devotion by burying him with great
.solemnity near the tomb of Raphael. His wa an
uneventful career. Chief among his works are:
whose object was to " revive " art . In ItiOO Annibale
wint to Rome, whither Cardinal Odoardo Farnese
had invited him, to decorate the splendid Farnese
Palace. This was his greatest achievement, and up
to and through Sir Joshua Reynolds's time Annibale
was ranked with Raphael. Poussin says of t He
Farnese decorations, "in them he surpassed every
artist who preceded him". Agostino assisted him
in this work but left before a year was over, either
from Annibale's jealousy, as some assert, or because
nf the latter's quarrelsome disposition. In any event,
Annibale Btands as the most distinguished of the
five Carracci, and in perfection of drawing, delicacy
of colour, anil grace in modelling closely approaches
tin (.Id masters. "The Three Maries" is his finest
easel picture, ami both in feeling and handling is
beautiful and impressive. Although a founder of
the Dexidi rust, his land-rapes possess great charm
even as backgrounds, and. what was unusual then,
he painted landscapes where figures were but ac- ce orii i, and also worked in genre. Mis etchings
and engravings, however, are much inferior to his
paintings, and, compared with Agostino's work with
the graver, conventional and amateurish. When
Annibale died, his nephew Antonio, to whom he
was benefactor, teacher, and friend, gave him a splendid burial in the Pantheon. Among his prin- cipal paintings are: "The Three Maries" .i Howard, England); "Holy Family" (Berlin); "Por- trait of Himself" (Florence); " La Vierge aux Cerises" (Paris); "Pieta" (St. Petersburg). Of his engraved
"The Flood" (Louvre i ; "Christ healing a blind
man" (Modena); "Lute Player" (Modena).
Francesco, painter and engraver, son of Giovanni Antoniol larracci, b. in Bologna, 1595; d.in Rome, 1622. The father was a brother of Agostino and Annibale. Francesco was a youth of great talent and promise.
He was taught by Lodovico in the Academy of the Incamminati, but left the school to start one in
opposition to his teacher, calling it the "True School of the Carracci". Like the other members of the Carracci family he taught, engraved, and painted. His "Adoration" iti the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Bologna, is not only his masterpiece but an excellent piece of vigorous painting. The "True School" was not a success, anil, his students leaving
him, Francesco went to Rome ami made am. i her attempt to found an academy, only to fail again. He died in abject poverty, lb- left a few engravings after the works of Lodovico ami Annibale.
Lodovico, painter, etcher, engraver, and founder of the " Eclectic School " ol painting b al Bologna, 21 April, 1555; d. there, 13 November, 1619. He was of humble origin, and his brother Antonio was a
tailor by trade. Slow, plodding, but determined the young Lodovico wa advised by his masters,
font ana. and Tintoretto, to abandon his chosen career of art, and his fellow-students jeered him. calling him "the ox" on account of his physical and mental characteristics. But neither teachers nor pupils could turn him from the path he had marked out for himself. He travelled throughout Italy to
