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| Guido Reni St Proculus (study for painting, Madonna della Pietà, in Bologna) before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Young Woman with Wine Jar (study for painting, Bacchus and Ariadne) before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Head of an Angel (study for painting, Baptism of Christ) before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Head of the Virgin (study for painting, Immaculate Conception) before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
"Guido Reni first studied alongside Domenichino in a Flemish painter's studio in Bologna; ten years later he joined the Carracci academy to learn their classicizing style. In 1599 he entered the painter's guild. Reni created easel paintings and large decorations in Rome, Naples, Mantua, and Bologna for patrons including Pope Paul V. His graceful, classical style featured refined colors, delicate and varied flesh tones, soft modeling, and gentle emotion that owed a debt to Raphael's work. Reni the man was notoriously pious and eccentric. He disliked and feared women, whom he barred from his house even as servants, yet he was devoted to his mother and renowned for his heartfelt Madonnas."
– from curator's notes at the Getty Museum
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| Guido Reni Five Greek Bishops (study for fresco in S. Maria Maggiore, Rome) before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Drapery Study (study for painting, St Andrea Corsini. in Bologna) before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Drapery Study (study for painting, St Andrea Corsini. in Bologna) before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Archangel Raphael (study for fresco, Christ and the Archangels, in Ravenna) before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Angel with Violin (study for fresco, St Dominic in Glory, in Bologna) ca. 1613 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Drapery Study before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Drapery Study before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| attributed to Guido Reni Study for The Annunciation before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Figure Study before 1642 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guido Reni Falling Giant (study for chiaroscuro woodcut executed by Bartolomeo Coriolano) ca. 1638 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |