Portrait of the Artist's Son, Antonio Carracci
1592/95
Agostino Carracci Italian, 1557-1602
Italy
Agostino Carracci’s training as an engraver and his careful study of the human form are evident in the execution of this portrait of his son Antonio, both in the vigorous strokes of the background and in the structure of the face. Antonio was probably twelve or thirteen years old when his father made this portrait of him.
Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper