Study of three putti
Guido Reni|Ferdinand Piloty
ca. 1800–1844
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/16 × 16 7/8 in. (30.9 × 42.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1954
Accession Number
54.516.1
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Ferdinand Piloty · 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...