Antonio Marziale Carracci

(1583 – 1618)

• Was an Italian painter.
• He was the natural son of Agostino Carracci.
• Carracci was born in the parish of Santa Lucia in Venice. • He first apprenticed with his father.
• When his father died in 1602, Antonio moved to Rome to work under his uncle Annibale.
• He received commissions in Rome from Cardinal Tonti and Cardinal Peretti-Montalto, including the Stanza del Diluvio in the Quirinal Palace, and major altarpieces like Madonna and Child with Saints (in Berlin) and the Galleria Corsini's Nativity.
• Antonio and Guido Reni collaborated in the decoration of the Cappella dell'Annunciata in the Palazzo Quirinal, painting a frieze of the Stanza del Diluvio.
• He contributed, around 1616, to the Alexander frescoes done for Cardinal Peretti Montalto; other works were done for Marchese Giustiniani, Cardinal Orsino, the Ludovisi, Cavalier Sachetti, Dionigio Buonavia in Bologna; and of course he was under the protection of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese, who recognized him as his ‘pittor di casa’ and paid him a monthly stipend.
• The displayed painting is a crop from Agostino Carracci, Portrait of young Antonio Carracci, c. 1590.
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