Adoration of the Shepherds
n.d.
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk on brown laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
41 × 43.7 cm (16 3/16 × 17 1/4 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
115852
About the Artist
Guido Reni · 1575–1642
Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most celebrated Italian painters of the Baroque era and the dominant figure of the Bolognese School. Born into a family of musicians in Bologna, he trained first with Denys Calvaert before joining the influential Accademia degli Incamminati led by Ludovico Carracci. Reni achieved international fame through his idealizing style that combined Baroque dynamism wi...