Guido Reni Self Portrait ca. 1602-1603 oil on canvas Palazzo Barberini, Rome |
Guido Reni Portrait of Ginevra Pozzi, the Artist's Mother ca. 1610 oil on canvas Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna |
Guido Reni St Mark before 1642 oil on canvas Palazzo Rosso, Genoa |
Guido Reni Salvator Mundi before 1642 oil on canvas Palazzo Rosso, Genoa |
Guido Reni Sacred and Profane Love before 1642 oil on canvas Palazzo Spinola, Genoa |
Guido Reni Christ at the Column before 1642 oil on canvas Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt |
Guido Reni Angel appearing to St Jerome 1638 oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts |
Guido Reni Coronation of the Virgin, with Saints ca. 1595-98 oil on canvas Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna |
Guido Reni Salome with the Head of John the Baptist ca. 1640-42 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
Guido Reni St Michael Archangel vanquishing Lucifer ca. 1635 oil on canvas Chiesa di Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, Rome |
Guido Reni Europa and the Bull ca. 1637-39 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
Guido Reni Hercules on the Pyre 1617-20 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
Guido Reni Abduction of Dejanira by the Centaur Nessus 1617-20 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
Guido Reni David with the Head of Goliath 1606 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
Guido Reni St Sebastian ca. 1640 oil on canvas Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna |
Guido Reni (1575-1642) – One of the greatest Italian painters of the 17th century, a subtle colourist, a master of graceful line and composition. His unique synthesis of "naturalism" and "idealizing" classicism was an important influence. Although few, his portraits are notable for psychological penetration. From the 19th century until recently, his reputation was tarnished by the stereotypic, sentimental production of his studio, mostly the work of assistants, from the last 10 years of his life.
– Erika Langmuir and Norbert Lynton, Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists (2000)