
Study for a Thesis Conclusion Presented to the Duke of Mantua
1616 · Pen and brown ink, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
14.5 × 18.9 cm (5 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago

Ludovico Carracci was an Italian early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker from Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light that create spiritual emotion and are credited with reinvigorating Italian art, especially fresco art, which was subsumed with formalistic Mannerism. He died in Bologna in 1619.
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