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Portrait of Beatrice Cenci in bust-length, turning to face outwards with a cloth wrapped around her head, after Reni

Guido Reni|Giovita Garavaglia

1800–1835

Portrait of Beatrice Cenci in bust-length, turning to face outwards with a cloth wrapped around her head, after Reni by Guido Reni|Giovita Garavaglia

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 13 1/4 × 9 7/8 in. (33.7 × 25.1 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Lucy Chauncey, in memory of her father, Henry Chauncey, 1935

Accession Number

35.85.97

Tags

PortraitsWomen

About the Artist

Guido Reni|Giovita Garavaglia · 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...

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