Francesco Brizio and Agostino Carracci

Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman

An original engraving by Francesco Brizio, Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman, was published in Rome in 1604. Francesco Brizio worked under both Agostino and Ludovico Carracci and is known principally for his contemporary engravings after the designs of these two great masters.

For almost two centuries scholars have debated whether Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman was engraved by Brizio or by Agostino Carracci himself. After all, the subject matter for this work of art is very similar to Agostino's Lascivie engravings. Yet Diane Degrazia Bohlin, in Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family: A Catalogue Raisonne, makes a convincing argument that Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman is indicative of Francesco Brizio's style.

Original 17th century engraving by the Italian artists, Francesco Brizio and Agostino Carracci.

Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman

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Title:	Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman
Designer:	Carracci, Agostino (Bologna, 1557 - Parma, 1602)
Engraver:	Brizio, Francesco 'Francesco Briccio' (Bologna, 1575 - 1623)
Date:	1604
Medium:	Original Engraving
Publisher:	Andrea Vaccario
Note:	Francesco Brizio 'Francesco Briccio': A Bolognese painter, engraver and architect, Francesco Brizio (sometimes spelt 'Briccio') first studied under Bartolomeo Passerotti. He then became a student of Ludovico Carracci and assisted him on the creations of the frescoes of S. Michele, in Bosco. He was instructed in engraving by Agostino Carracci and finished Agostino's last great engraving, St. Jerome (1602). Along with Guido Reni, Francesco Brizio created engravings for Morello's publication on the funeral of Agostino.
	Francesco Brizio was most active in the school of the Carracci as an engraver. In the above mentioned catalogue raisonne, D. Bohlin attributes eleven engravings by Brizio based upon the designs of Agostino Carracci. Francesco Brizio also engraved plates after Correggio, Parmigianino and Ludovico and Annibale Carracci.
Note:	Agostino Carracci: Among the greatest Italian artists of the late sixteenth century, Agostino Carracci first studied under Prospero Fontana and Bartolommeo Passerotti. Along with his brother, Annibale Carracci (Bologne, 1560 - Rome, 1609), he then went to Parma to study the works of Correggio and Parmigiano. Agostino also studied engraving techniques in Venice, under Cornelis Cort.
	A fine painter, Agostino Carracci was an even greater engraver. During his career he engraved over two hundred and thirty plates, some of which rank as the greatest prints of the time. Designed by Carracci, Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman is related to his most controversial series of prints, the Lascivie. Created by Agostino sometime between 1590 and 1595 this group of engravings was considered salacious because of its sexual subject matter. These prints drew the wrath of Pope Clement VIII.
	Along with Ludovico and Annibale, Agostino Carracci founded the Accademia degli Incamminati. With their far reaching influence the Carracci (along with Caravaggio) brought mannerism to an end and initiated the baroque era of art.
Note:	Andrea Vaccario (Rome, Active, 1599 - 1620): An early seventeenth century Italian publisher, Andrea Vaccario was active in Rome from approximately 1599 to 1620. Between these dates he published such books as Effiggie naturali de I Maggior Prencipi et piu valorosi Capitani di questa eta con l’arme loro (1599), with 58 portrait engravings by Giovanni Orlandi, Vita et Miracula S. Alberti Carmelitae (1604) and Vita beatissimi patris Benedicti monachorum patriarchae sanctissimi (1611).
	Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman was published as a single plate by Vaccario in 1604. Along the lower center of the engraving is the inscription, "Andrea Vaccario Forma in roma 1604.".
Raisonne:	G. K. Nagler, Kunstler-Lexikon, Schwarzenberg & Schumann, Leipzig, Vol. 2, p. 472. Listed within the engraved work of Agostino Carracci under the title of "Der Satyr, welcher eine schlafende Nymphe betrachtet, 1604" ('A Satyr, who is viewing a sleeping Nymphe').
	Diane D. Bohlin, Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family: A Catalogue Raisonne, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1979. Attributed to Francesco Brizio. Catalogue # R30. Second and final state, with the address of Andrea Vaccario.
Note:	The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, includes an impression of Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman in its permanent collection.
Size:	7 1/8 X 5 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon 17th century hand-made, laid paper and with small margins past the plate mark on all sides. Containing paper remnants along the margins on the verso from a previous mounting. Signed and dated within the plate along the lower margin. An evenly printed impression and in good condition throughout. Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman represents a prime, original example of famous Carracci School of engraving.
Subject:	Francesco Brizio, Agostino Carracci, Satyr Spying a Sleeping Woman, school of the Carracci, Roman Baroque art, the Lascivie, Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family.
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