The Virgin in prayer looking down, after Reni
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (24.2 × 17.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.1584
Tags
Virgin Mary
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|Jean Baron · 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...