Two women representing the alliance of Peace and Abundance
1627 [1642]
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in brown and black
Dimensions
sheet: 8 3/8 x 6 in. (21.2 x 15.2 cm) mount: 8 7/8 x 6 9/16 in. (22.5 x 16.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.337
Tags
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Bartolomeo Coriolano · 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...