Entombment of Christ Ludovico Carraci
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Entombment of Christ by Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus, Mary Magdalene and Mary after Ludovico Carraci. Mezzotint by Valentine Green, from Vol.1 of the ‘Houghton Gallery’, published by John Boydell in London in 1775. The image measures 46 x 36.5 cm and the sheet is 68 x 50 cm. The print is in good condition.
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Lodovico Carracci (baptized April 21, 1555 – Bologna, November 13, 1619) was an Italian painter, etcher and draftsman who helped to renew Italian art after Mannerism by founding an academy in Bologna in 1585. Together with his cousins Annibale Carracci and Agostino Carracci, he is considered the founder of the late 16th century Bolognese School in Italy. Lodovico Carracci was born and died in Bologna. He apprenticed with Prospero Fontana in Bologna and traveled to Florence, Parma and Venice before founding the Accademia degli Incamminati with his cousins Annibale Carracci and Agostino Carracci. This academy was responsible for training some of the more notable artists of the next generation, including Guido Reni and Domenichino.
Source: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodovico_Carracci
Valentine Green FSA (3 October 1739 – 29 July 1813) was a British mezzotinter and print publisher. Green trained under Robert Hancock, a Worcester engraver, after which he moved to London and began working as a mezzotint engraver. He began to exhibit with the Incorporated Society of Artists from 1766, became a fellow a year later and a director in 1771. He was appointed mezzotint engraver to the King in 1773, and the following year was elected an associate engraver with the Royal Academy. Throughout the 1770s and 1780s, Green’s engraving practice flourished. In the 1790s, however, several of his international speculations failed and in 1798 he was declared bankrupt. In 1805, he accepted the role of keeper of the British Institution, a post he held until his death. Born in Salford Priors, he was placed by his father in a solicitor’s office at Evesham, where he remained for two years; but ultimately he decided, on his own responsibility, to abandon the legal profession and became a pupil of a line engraver at Worcester. In 1765, he migrated to London and began work as a mezzotint engraver, having taught himself the technicalities of this art, and quickly rose to a position in absolutely the front rank of British engravers.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_Green
