Descent of the Holy Spirit
after 1607/08
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with gold paint, over black chalk, on brown laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on board
Dimensions
33.9 × 37.2 cm (13 3/8 × 14 11/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
85920
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...