The Head of a Woman Looking Up (Judith)
Guido Reni
1625–26
Medium
Red and black chalk, on originally blue paper now faded to light brown-gray
Dimensions
13 1/4 × 8 7/8 in. (33.6 × 22.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1992
Accession Number
1992.70
Tags
HeadsPortraitsWomen
About the Artist
Guido Reni · 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...