Dejanira being abducted by the centaur Nessos, a man with bow and arrow at right, after Reni
Guido Reni|Anonymous
ca. 1800–1850
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 18 1/16 × 12 1/2 in. (45.9 × 31.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number
24.63.1525
Tags
WomenMenCentaurs
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Anonymous · 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...