Table top depicting Aurora and the Chariot of Apollo
Medium
Micromosaic
Dimensions
Diameter (top only, confirmed): 37 in. (94 cm); Overall (assembled as table, confirmed): 20 1/2 × 38 1/4 × 38 1/4 in. (52.1 × 97.2 × 97.2 cm)
Classification
Natural Substances
Culture
Italian, Rome
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Barbara Bodne Anspach, 2014
Accession Number
2016.709
Tags
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Gioacchino Barberi · 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...