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La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna

1 drawing : pencil ; border 30.7 x 18.5 cm.

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; below the apostles crowd around her empty tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Agostino Carracci.

Saint Jerome. Etching by F. Paria after Agostino Carracci.

Saint Jerome. Engraving by Agostino Carracci after F. Vanni.

1 print : etching ; platemark 18.8 x 12.7 cm

Giovanni Gabrielli ("Sivello") holding a mask. Etching by Agostino Carracci, ca. 1599.

The nymphs are on the right, Cupid and the sayr are on the left; beyond them, a rocky landscape

1 print : etching ; platemark 13.2 x 19.1 cm

Two nymphs making love, attended by Cupid who prevents the approach of a satyr. Etching, 16--, after Agostino Carracci, 1599.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Jerome and Saint Mary Magdalen and an angel. Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1586, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

Bible. Apocrypha. Tobit 11.13. The angel informs Tobias that the liver and heart of the fish will cure demoniac possession, while the gall will cure blindness. The fish had threatened to swallow Tobias (Tobit 6.2), but the writer tells us only that it was "a large fish"

1 print : line engraving ; image 38.6 x 50.1 cm

The hollow eyes of blind Tobit are anointed with fish gall by Tobias. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet, 1767, after R. Earlom after Agostino Carracci.

1 print : line engraving ; image 11.1 x 15.6 cm

Tobias curing his father's (Tobit) eyesight three others and a dog look on. Line engraving by J. Jenkins after A. Carracci.

Bible. N.T. Matthew 2.12-15. Joseph was warned in a dream to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt in order to avoid Herod's massacre of the holy innocents (Matthew 2.16). Here he saddles the ass

1 print : etching ; platemark 37.3 x 48.3 cm

Mary and Joseph prepare to flee into Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by Agostino Carracci.

Bible. N.T. John 19.5. The Virgin faints before the exhibited Christ. A woman behind her holds her up. Rope is tied around Christ's hands

1 print : line engraving ; image 35 x 26.2 cm

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The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; below the apostles crowd around her empty tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Agostino Carracci.

Saint Jerome. Etching by F. Paria after Agostino Carracci.

Saint Jerome. Engraving by Agostino Carracci after F. Vanni.

Giovanni Gabrielli ("Sivello") holding a mask. Etching by Agostino Carracci, ca. 1599.

Two nymphs making love, attended by Cupid who prevents the approach of a satyr. Etching, 16--, after Agostino Carracci, 1599.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Jerome and Saint Mary Magdalen and an angel. Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1586, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

The hollow eyes of blind Tobit are anointed with fish gall by Tobias. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet, 1767, after R. Earlom after Agostino Carracci.

Tobias curing his father's (Tobit) eyesight three others and a dog look on. Line engraving by J. Jenkins after A. Carracci.

Mary and Joseph prepare to flee into Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by Agostino Carracci.

Jesus is exhibited to the people wearing a crown of thorns. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1587, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

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The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; below the apostles crowd around her empty tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Agostino Carracci.

Saint Jerome. Etching by F. Paria after Agostino Carracci.

Saint Jerome. Engraving by Agostino Carracci after F. Vanni.

Giovanni Gabrielli ("Sivello") holding a mask. Etching by Agostino Carracci, ca. 1599.

Two nymphs making love, attended by Cupid who prevents the approach of a satyr. Etching, 16--, after Agostino Carracci, 1599.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Jerome and Saint Mary Magdalen and an angel. Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1586, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

The hollow eyes of blind Tobit are anointed with fish gall by Tobias. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet, 1767, after R. Earlom after Agostino Carracci.

Tobias curing his father's (Tobit) eyesight three others and a dog look on. Line engraving by J. Jenkins after A. Carracci.

Mary and Joseph prepare to flee into Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by Agostino Carracci.

Jesus is exhibited to the people wearing a crown of thorns. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1587, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

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