Artwork
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence is a chalk drawing by the Renaissance artist Ludovico Carracci. It dates from 1587 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:by artist?, upper left in pen and brown ink: ludovico; by later hand, lower left in pen and black ink: [undecipherable]; by later hand on nineteenth-century mount, in graphite along vertical border: Nothing to do with Calandrucci (1646-1707) or Maratta. Although the drawing reeks of Agostino Carracci and must date in the 1590s, the inscription at upper left: Ludovico, is either autograph or contemporary. cf the Argonauts (Windsor 2138, Wittkower Cat. No. 104)
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Overview
This drawing, The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, is a work by Lodovico Carracci, created in 1587, executed in pen and ink with chalk on laid paper.
Technique & Style
The drawing features a mix of media, including brown and gray ink and black chalk, with patches of paper irregularly cut and attached, showing compositional corrections in pen and brown ink and black chalk.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci ( kə-RAH-chee, UK also kə-RATCH-ee, Italian:; 21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker from Bologna.
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