Guido Reni

(1575–1642) italiensk målare

Guido Reni (1575–1642) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a draughtsman, and a designer. By year of birth, Guido Reni belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Guido Reni was born in Bologna and died in Bologna. Guido Reni studied under Denys Calvaert. Guido Reni worked in Bologna, Rome, Bologna, and Rome. Wikidata associates Guido Reni with Baroque. Guido Reni became a member of Accademia di San Luca. The students included Giovanni Maria Tamburini, Paolo Biancucci, Giovanni Venanzi, and Antonio Giarola.

The best-known works include ‘Judith’, ‘Massacre of the Innocents’, ‘Education of the Virgin Mary’, and ‘Christ on the Cross’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait painting, religious painting, and mythological painting. The catalogue has 244 works by Guido Reni with free images. The dated works span the years 1590–1725. Works by Guido Reni are held by several collections, among them Département des peintures du Louvre, National Gallery, Kapitolinska museerna, and Museo del Prado. Wikidata links 5 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Eugenio Cajés, Daniel Dumonstier, Tommaso Salini, Isaak van den Blocke, and Tomasz Makowski.

• The Baroque
• Värnlösa barns dag
• Saint Matthew and the Angel
• Aurora
• The Rape of Europa
• Sköna Helenas bortrövande
• Saint Sebastian
• Annunciation
• Saint Sebastian