Carracci
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There are several notable people with the name Carracci:
  • Agostino Carracci
    Agostino Carracci
    Agostino Carracci was an Italian painter and printmaker. He was the brother of the more famous Annibale and cousin of Lodovico Carracci....

     (1557–1602), Italian painter and printmaker
  • Annibale Carracci
    Annibale Carracci
    Annibale Carracci was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early career:Annibale Carracci was born in Bologna, and in all likelihood first apprenticed within his family...

     (1560–1609), Italian Baroque painter and brother of Agostino Carracci
  • Lodovico Carracci (1555–1619), Italian painter, etcher, printmaker, and cousin of Agostino and Annibale Carracci
  • Antonio Marziale Carracci
    Antonio Marziale Carracci
    Antonio Marziale Carracci was an Italian painter. He was the natural son of Agostino Carracci.-Life:Carracci was born in the parish of Sta Lucia in Venice, probably in 1583, the product of an affair with a courtesan called Isabella, occurring on his father first visit to Venice...

     (1583–1618), Italian painter and son of Agostino Carracci
  • Francesco Carracci
    Francesco Carracci
    Francesco Carracci was an Italian painter and engraver, and nephew of the more famous Agostino Carracci.-Life:Carracci was the son of Giovanni Antonio Carracci, in Bologna, 1595. His father was a brother of Agostino and Annibale Carracci. Francesco was a youth of great talent and promise...

     (1595–1622), Italian painter and engraver, nephew of Agostino Carracci
  • Other family members include: Baldassare Aloisi
    Baldassare Aloisi
    Baldassare Aloisi, or Baldassare Galanino , was an Italian history and portrait painter and engraver. He was also known as Il Galanino.Aloisi was born at Bologna, the relative and pupil of Ludovico Carracci....

     (1578–1638), painter and engraver whose mother, Elena Zenzanini, was a cousin of Agostino and Annibale Carracci.
  • The painter (1606–1680) Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
    Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
    Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi was an Italian architect and painter, named Il Bolognese from the place of his birth. Grimaldi was a relative of the Carracci family, under whom it is presumed he first apprenticed....

    's common law wife was Aloisi's daughter.


The Carracci may also refer to the Accademia degli Incamminati
Accademia degli Incamminati
The Accademia degli Incamminati was one of the first art academies in Italy. It was originally created around 1580 in Bologna as the Accademia dei Desiderosi and was sometimes known as the Accademia dei Carracci after its founders the Carracci cousins , with Annibale heading the institution thanks...

, a Bolognese art academy founded by the family.
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