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