Dejanira being abducted by the centaur Nessos, a man with bow and arrow at right, after Reni
Guido Reni|A. Lovison
1800–1840
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 22 5/16 × 16 5/8 in. (56.6 × 42.2 cm) Sheet: 26 3/8 in. × 20 in. (67 × 50.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.349
Tags
WomenCentaurs
About the Artist
Guido Reni|A. Lovison · 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...