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The Virgin with the Christ Child and the young Saint John the Baptist holding a bird at right, an oval composition
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The Virgin with the Christ Child and the young Saint John the Baptist holding a bird at right, an oval composition

Guido Reni | Lorenzo Loli

ca. 1630–80

Medium

Etching

Tags

ChristVirgin MarySaint John the Baptist

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 7 3/4 × 5 5/16 in. (19.7 × 13.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Guido Reni

1575–1642 • Papal States

Reni created easel paintings and large decorations in Rome, Naples, Mantua, and Bologna, for patrons including Pope Paul V and Italy's top royalty. His graceful, classical style featured refined colors, delicate and varied flesh tones, soft modeling, and gentle emotion that owes a debt to Raphael's work.

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