He also made a generous gift to the Ashmolean Museum, presenting it in 1853 with forty of his Carracci studies. |
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The largest of all the drawings Egerton acquired were the two Carracci cartoons he gave to London's National Gallery in 1837, while he was one of its trustees. |
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He also chose a thematic approach, not least to contrast the visceral realism of Caravaggio with the classicising naturalism of the Carracci. |
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The city was affected greatly by the baroque, and Rome became the home of numerous artists and architects, such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Carracci, Borromini and Cortona. |
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