Vision of Saint Philip Neri

Guido Reni

after 1614

Vision of Saint Philip Neri by Guido Reni

Medium

Red chalk, heightened with lead white (discolored), on buff laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

Dimensions

20.3 × 15 cm (8 × 5 15/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

34669

About the Artist

Guido Reni · 15751642

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...

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