![CARRACCI, Ludovico (1555-1619). Autograph letter signed to Ferrante Carlo, Bologna, 'il giorno di S. Piero [29 June] 1616', one page, folio, integral leaf addressed to Carlo in Cremona (seal tag torn away, a few small scorch marks, slightly frayed in outer margin).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1998/CKS/1998_CKS_05974_0088_000(104444).jpg?w=1)
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CARRACCI, Ludovico (1555-1619). Autograph letter signed to Ferrante Carlo, Bologna, 'il giorno di S. Piero [29 June] 1616', one page, folio, integral leaf addressed to Carlo in Cremona (seal tag torn away, a few small scorch marks, slightly frayed in outer margin).
Carracci has now understood his correspondent's delay in writing and congratulates him on recovering sufficiently from his fever to address the Academy. He has completed his painting of Susannah for the Cavaliere di Reggio, Tito Buosio, and is working on the Adoration of the Magi, while the negotiations for the altarpiece of St John on the Mount have cooled off on account of the client's attempt to reduce the price, 'Il negozio della Tavola di S.Giovanni in Monte si rafredo perche quel Signor Lorenzo si voleva abasare di prezo con dire che nella mia gioventù avevo fatto a prezi più basi e io mi sono ritirato senza parlarne mai più, e non la curo non mi mancando occasioni onoratissime'. In conclusion, he reports that an acquaintance, Caserta, has lost his patrons, and sends Carlo greetings from 'Il Camulo e tutti questi giovani della stanza'.
Carracci mentioned the painting of Susannah, of which he appears to have been particulary fond, for the first time in his previous letter to Ferrante Carlo dated 14 June 1616. Susannah and the Elders is now in the National Gallery, London, having formerly been in the collection of John Julius Angerstein. The Adoration of the Magi is in the Brera in Milan. The failed negotiations were probably for the commission for the Madonna del Rosario, for which Domenichino signed an agreement in January 1617 (Anna Stanzoni, in Ludovico Carracci, ed. Andrea Emiliani, 1993, pages 259-260).
Ferrante Carlo (1578-1641), writer, patron and collector, befriended many artists. He became private secretary to Cardinal Scipione Borghese. His correspondence with Ludovico Carracci from 1606-1619 includes the most significant collection of the artist's known letters (Giovanna Perini, Gli Scritti dei Carracci, Bologna, 1990).
Carracci has now understood his correspondent's delay in writing and congratulates him on recovering sufficiently from his fever to address the Academy. He has completed his painting of Susannah for the Cavaliere di Reggio, Tito Buosio, and is working on the Adoration of the Magi, while the negotiations for the altarpiece of St John on the Mount have cooled off on account of the client's attempt to reduce the price, 'Il negozio della Tavola di S.Giovanni in Monte si rafredo perche quel Signor Lorenzo si voleva abasare di prezo con dire che nella mia gioventù avevo fatto a prezi più basi e io mi sono ritirato senza parlarne mai più, e non la curo non mi mancando occasioni onoratissime'. In conclusion, he reports that an acquaintance, Caserta, has lost his patrons, and sends Carlo greetings from 'Il Camulo e tutti questi giovani della stanza'.
Carracci mentioned the painting of Susannah, of which he appears to have been particulary fond, for the first time in his previous letter to Ferrante Carlo dated 14 June 1616. Susannah and the Elders is now in the National Gallery, London, having formerly been in the collection of John Julius Angerstein. The Adoration of the Magi is in the Brera in Milan. The failed negotiations were probably for the commission for the Madonna del Rosario, for which Domenichino signed an agreement in January 1617 (Anna Stanzoni, in Ludovico Carracci, ed. Andrea Emiliani, 1993, pages 259-260).
Ferrante Carlo (1578-1641), writer, patron and collector, befriended many artists. He became private secretary to Cardinal Scipione Borghese. His correspondence with Ludovico Carracci from 1606-1619 includes the most significant collection of the artist's known letters (Giovanna Perini, Gli Scritti dei Carracci, Bologna, 1990).