Le Char de l'Aurore (The Chariot of Dawn) (Furnishing Fabric)
Guido Reni
1785/89
Medium
Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
Dimensions
a: 175.3 × 140.4 cm (69 × 55 1/4 in.); b: 212 × 95.2 cm (83 1/2 × 37 1/2 in.); c: 205.2 × 77.5 cm (80 3/4 × 30 1/2 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
31513
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...