Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
after a self-portrait by Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576)
Portrait of Titian
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Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
after a self-portrait by Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576)1587
Portrait of Titian
Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602) after a self-portrait by Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576) →printprints and drawing
Date
1587
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet, cut within platemark: 32.3 × 23.4 cm (12 3/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Although an optical illusion makes Titian’s bust portrait seem to change size, the two impressions of Agostino Carracci’s Portrait of Titian (1938.1432 and 1919.2562) represent two subsequent states printed from the same reworked copper plate. The background lines at the top of the plate were burnished down to accommodate additional text celebrating Titian’s fame. This sheet has also been repaired in several places, with some of the details and lettering redrawn by hand, making the two prints seem oddly dissimilar on first glance, although Titian’s silhouette has in fact never changed.
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