Lodovico Carracci

Born in Bologna in 1555, the son of a butcher, Lodovico Carracci grew up under the same roof as his cousins Agostino (1557-1602?) and Annibale (1560-1609), who became his closest collaborators. Probably while in his teens Lodovico became a pupil of the prominent Bolognese painter Prospero Fontana (1512-97). Lodovico's biographer, Carlo Cesare Malvasia, the richest source f...