The Virgin Appearing to St. Jerome, after Jacopo Tintoretto
1588
16th century
41.9 cm x 29.8 cm (16 1/2 in. x 11 3/4 in.)
Agostino Carracci
(Bologna, Italy, 1557 - 1602, Parma, Italy)
Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, Italian
Medium and Support:
Engraving
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1988
Accession Number:
1988.61
Object Description:
With efforts like this Saint Jerome, its encyclopedia of mark and intensity of pictorial effect––consider its contrasts and seeming color––Agostino consolidated his place as the leading engraver in Italy.