Autoportrait

Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21

Guido Reni (November 4, 1575, Calvenzano di Vergato, near Bologna - August 18, 1642, Bologna) was a prominent Italian painter of high-Baroque style. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2746, 332 KB) Description: Title: de: Selbstporträt Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 48,5 × 37 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Florenz Current location (gallery): de: Galleria degli Uffizi Other notes: Source: The Yorck... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2746, 332 KB) Description: Title: de: Selbstporträt Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 48,5 × 37 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Florenz Current location (gallery): de: Galleria degli Uffizi Other notes: Source: The Yorck... Download high resolution version (574x780, 54 KB)Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21, Louvre Museum. ... Download high resolution version (574x780, 54 KB)Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21, Louvre Museum. ... Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21, Louvre Museum. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... Events February 13 - Henry III of France is crowned at Reims February 14 - Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont June 28 - Oda Nobunaga defeats Takeda Katsuyori in the battle of Nagashino, which has been called Japans first modern battle. ... Bologna (pronounced , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Bologna (pronounced , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint. ...

Biography

He was born into a family of musicians, and as a child of nine apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon, Albani and Domenichino also began working in Calvaert's studio. By age twenty, Guido, like the others, had joined Calvaert's rival studio, the Accademia degli Incamminati in Bologna led by Lodovico Caracci. They were to form the prolific and successful school of Bolognese painters who followed the Carraccis to Rome . Like many Bolognese painters, Guido became eclectic in style and thematic. He is also reputed to have trained with a painter by the name of Ferrantini. Denis Calvaert or Denys Calvaert (1540-1619) was a Flemish painter born at Antwerp but living mostly in Italy where he was known as Il Fiammingo . ... Francesco Albani, or (Albano) (August 17, 1578 - October 4, 1660), Italian painter, was born at Bologna. ... Domenico Zampieri (or Domenichino) (October 21, 1581 - April 15, 1641), Italian painter, born at Bologna, was the son of a shoemaker. ... Bargellini Madonna (1588) Oil on canvas, 282 x 188 cm Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna Ludovico Carracci (April 21, 1555 – November 13, 1619) was an Italian painter, etcher, and printmaker who helped reinvigorate Italian art after Mannerism by founding an academy in Bologna in 1585. ...

Work in Rome

In 1602, he travelled to Rome with Albani, and initially assisted the teams led by Annibale Carracci in fresco decorations of the Farnese Palace. By 1604-5, he received an independent Vatican commission for a Crucifixion of St. Peter Altarpiece. Then after a few year sojourn in Bologna, he returned to Rome to become one of the pre-eminent painters during the papacy of Paul V (Borghese). The Flight into Egypt (1603) Annibale Carracci (November 3, 1560, in Bologna - July 15, 1609, in Rome) was an Italian painter, etcher and engraver. ... A mid-18th century engraving of Palazzo Farnese by Giuseppe Vasi Palazzo Farnese, Rome (housing the French Embassy), is the most imposing Italian palace of the sixteenth century (Sir Banister Fletcher) (1). ... Paul V, né Camillo Borghese (Rome, September 17, 1552 – January 28, 1621) was Pope from May 16, 1605 until his death. ... Borghese is the surname of a family of Italian noble and papal background, originating in Siena where they came to prominence in the 13th century holding official offices under the commune. ...

Reni's masterpiece is considered to be the fresco in the ceiling of the large central hall of garden palace, Casino dell'Aurora located in the grounds of the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi. The casino was a pavilion commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese[1]; the rear portion overlooks the Piazza Montecavallo and Palazzo Quirinale (satellite photo). The massive fresco is framed in quadri riportati and depicts Apollo in his Chariot preceded by Dawn (Aurora) bringing light to the world.[2] The work is restrained in classicism, copying poses from Roman Sarcophagi, and showing far more simplicity and restraint than Carracci's riotous Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne in the Farnese. Reni in this painting is allying himself more with the sterner Cavaliere d'Arpino and Francesco Albani "School" of mytho-historic painting, and less with Cortona's excesses. There is little concession to perspective, and the vibrantly colored style is antithetical to the tenebrism of Carravagio's followers. Payments showed that he was paid in 247 scudi and 54 baiocchi on September 24, 1616 for completion. The Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi was built by the Borghese family on the Quirinal Hill; its footprint occupies the site where the ruins of the Roman Baths of Constantine stood, whose remains still are part of the basement of the Casino. ... Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1576-1633) was an Italian Renaissance art collector and member of the noble Borghese family. ... The Quirinal Palace once housed popes, and then kings, and now presidents The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Quirinale) is the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic upon the Quirinal Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome. ... A mid-18th century engraving of Palazzo Farnese by Giuseppe Vasi Palazzo Farnese, Rome (housing the French Embassy), is the most imposing Italian palace of the sixteenth century (Sir Banister Fletcher) (1). ... Giuseppe Cesari (c. ... Francesco Albani, or (Albano) (August 17, 1578 - October 4, 1660), Italian painter, was born at Bologna. ... Caravaggio re-directs here; for alternate uses see Caravaggio (disambiguation) Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), often short Caravaggio after his hometown, was an Italian Renaissance painter, whose large religious works portrayed saints and other biblical figures as ordinary people. ...

He also completed frescoes in the Paoline Chapel of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome as well as the Aldobrandini wings of the Vatican. According to rumor, the pontifical chapel of Montecavallo (Chapel of the Annuciation) was assigned to Reni to paint; but, because he felt underpaid by the ministers, the artist left for Bologna. This left Domenichino as the pre-eminent artist in Rome, although Reni's studio in Bologna became fairly prolific in producing canvases for export. Saint Mary Major, in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore, is one of the five great ancient basilicas of Rome, Italy. ...

Work in Outside of Rome and in Bologna

In later years, he moved to Naples to complete a commission to paint the chapel of S. Gennaro. However, the painters resident in Naples--Corenzio, Caracciolo and Ribera-- were strongly resistant to the entry of competitors into their market, and conspired, according to rumor, to poison or bring him to harm. He now returned to Rome; but he finally left that city abruptly, in the pontificate of Urban VIII, in consequence of an offensive reprimand administered to him by Cardinal Spinola. Belisario Corenzio (c. ... Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, called Battistello, 1578 - 1635, was an Italian artist and important Neapolitan follower of Caravaggio. ... Penitent Saint Peter by Giuseppe Ribera Giuseppe Ribera (January 12, 1591 - 1652) was the name given in Italian to Jusepe (de) Ribera or José (de) Ribera, also called Lo Spagnoletto, or the Little Spaniard, a leading painter of the Neapolitan or partly of the Spanish school, who was born near... Urban VIII, né Maffeo Barberini (April 1568 – July 29, 1644) was Pope from 1623 to 1644. ... Cristoval Rojas de Spinola (d. ...

St Dominic's Glory crowning the Arca di San Domenico

Returning to Bologna more or less permanently, Guido established a successful and prolific studio. He got a commission to decorate the cupola of the chapel of Saint Dominic in the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna. He worked at it between 1613 and 1615, resulting in the radiant fresco St Dominic's Glory, a masterpiece that can stand the comparison with the exquisite Arca di San Domenico below. He equally contributed to the decoration of the Rosary Chapel in the same church with the Resurrection. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (960x1280, 562 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Guido Reni Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (960x1280, 562 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Guido Reni Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner...

In Ravenna, he painted the chapel in the cathedral with his admired picture of the Israelites gathering Manna.Reni, after departing Rome, painted in a disparate set of styles, true to the eclectic tastes of many of Carracci trainees. For example, his altarpiece for Samson Victorious formulates stylized poses characteristic of mannerism[3]. In contrast his Crucifixion and his Atlanta and Hipomenes[4] depict dramatic diagonal movement coupled with the effects of light and shade that betray the influence of Caravaggio. His turbulently violent Massacre of the Innocents (Pinacoteca, Bologna) is painted in a manner reminiscent of Raphael. Mannerism is the term used to describe the artistic style that arose in mid-16th century. ... Caravaggio painted by Ottavio Leoni around 1621. ...

The Archangel Michael, painted for the Capucins in Rome.

Penitent Magdalene: Guido turned out numerous sentimental images, his most popular works.

Of his numerous pupils, Simone Cantarini, named "Il Pesarese," counts as the most distinguished; he painted an admirable portrait, now in the Bolognese Gallery. The Uffizi Gallery holds a self-portrait. Two other noted pupils were Giacomo Semenza and Francesco Gessi. His themes are mostly Scriptural or mythological in subject. The portraits which he executed are few — those of Sixtus V, Bernardino Cardinal Spada and the so‑called Beatrice Cenci being among the most noticeable. The identity of the last-named portrait is very doubtful; it certainly cannot have been painted direct from Beatrice, who had been executed in Rome before Guido ever lived there. Many etchings are attributed to him, some from his own works, and some after other masters; they are spirited, but rather negligent. St. ... St. ... Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, or Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins, is a church in Rome, Italy, commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, whose brother, Antonio Barberini, was a Capuchin. ... Guido Reni, Penitent Magdalene The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Guido Reni, Penitent Magdalene The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Simone Cantarini (born 1612 in Oropezza near Pesaro, Italy; died 1648 in Verona), called Simone da Pesaro, was a painter and etcher. ... The Uffizi Gallery (Italian Galleria degli Uffizi) is a palace or palazzo in Florence, holding one of the most famous museums in the world. ... Sixtus V, born Felice Peretti (December 13, 1521 -– August 27, 1590) was pope from 1585 to 1590. ... Bernardino Cardinal Spada (April 21, 1594 – November 10, 1661) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a great patron of the arts, whose collection may be seen at Palazzo Spada, Rome. ...

He is buried, together with Elisabetta Sirani, in the Rosary Chapel of the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna. Elisabetta Sirani (born 1638, died at the age of 27 in 1665) was an Italian painter whose father was the painter Giovanni Andrea Sirani of the School of Bologna, and the principal assistant of Guido Reni. ...

Stone slab over the tomb of Guido Reni

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Partial anthology of works

• Callisto and Diana.
• Crucifixion of St Peter, (Vatican, Rome)
• Christ Crucified, (San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome)
• Conception, (Forli)
• Alms of St Roch, (Bologna)
• Massacre of the Innocents, (Bologna)
• Pietà, (Bologna)
• Lament over the Body of Christ, (Chiesa dei Mendicanti, Bologna)
• Ecce Homo, (Gemaldegallerie, Dresden)
• Saints Peter and Paul, (Brera, Milan)
• Assumption of the Virgin, (San Ambrogio, Genoa)
• St Paul the Hermit and St Anthony in the Wilderness, (Berlin)
• Fortune (Capitol)
• Samson Drinking from the Jawbone of an Ass
• Ariadne Capitoline Museums
• Atlanta and Hippomenes 1612 Prado, Madrid [5]
• Atlanta and Hippomenes 1622-25 Capodimonte, Naples [6]
• Madonna del Rosario, Pinacoteca, Bologna
• The Labors of Hercules, Louvre,
• Lucrezia and Cleopatra Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome
• San Sebastiano, Pinacoteca, Bologna
• Adoration of the Magi, Certosa di San Martina, Naples

The Louvre contains twenty of his pictures, the National Gallery of London seven, and others once there have now been removed to other public collections. The most interesting of the seven is the small "Coronation of the Virgin," painted on copper. It was probably painted before the master left Bologna for Rome. Callisto, the mythological figure Callisto, the moon of Jupiter Callisto, the content management system Callisto, a recurring character in Xena: Warrior Princess; although set in the ancient Greek world there is no connection to the attributes of the mythological character. ... Michelangelos design for Capitoline Hill, now home to the Capitoline Museums. ... The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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