Patron saints of Bologna looking upwards at the Virgin who is seated in the clouds with the infant Christ on her lap, after Reni

Patron saints of Bologna looking upwards at the Virgin who is seated in the clouds with the infant Christ on her lap, after Reni by Guido Reni|Flaminio Torre (Torri)

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 25 1/8 × 15 13/16 in. (63.8 × 40.2 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926

Accession Number

26.70.4(202)

Tags

MenPuttiCoat of ArmsChristVirgin MarySaints

About the Artist

Guido Reni|Flaminio Torre (Torri) · 15751642

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...

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