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Artists›Guido Reni

Guido Reni

1575–1642

WA-00015913

PaintingBaroque

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

118

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ109061

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/guido-reni
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Baroque

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (84)

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Pictorial print

1830 · Cotton

L. 17 x W. 34 1/2 inches

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Le Char de l'Aurore (The Chariot of Dawn) (Furnishing Fabric)

1785 · Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed

a: 175.3 × 140.4 cm (69 × 55 1/4 in.); b: 212 × 95.2 cm (83 1/2 × 37 1/2 in.); c: 205.2 × 77.5 cm (80 3/4 × 30 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portret van Beatrice Cenci

1778 · etching on paper

width: 187 cm, height: 232 cm

Rijksmuseum

Putto Holding Staff

1648 · Black chalk with pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

27.8 × 18.8 cm (11 × 7 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

1634 · oil paint

248.5 × 174 cm (97 3/4 × 68 1/2 in.); Framed: 285 × 210.2 × 8.9 cm (112 3/16 × 82 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Saint Francis

1632 · black, red and white chalk on blue laid paper

overall (approximate): 24.3 x 21.5 cm (9 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Saint Jerome

1630 · oil paint

Plate: 21.6 × 13.9 cm (8 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Sheet: 22.7 × 15 cm (8 15/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Science or The Love of Study

1630 · Etching on ivory laid paper

16.1 × 19.3 cm (6 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Immaculate Conception

1627 · Oil on canvas

105 1/2 x 73 in. (268 x 185.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Abduction of Helen

1627 · oil paint

45.7 × 54.5 cm (18 × 21 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Immaculate Conception

1627 · Oil on canvas

105 1/2 x 73 in. (268 x 185.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Reclining Headless Body of Holofernes; Study of Female Semi-Nude Figure (on a small separate, unrelated sheet of blue paper, pasted onto the lower left of the large sheet)

1625 · Black chalk on brownish paper that may have been originally blue (Holofernes); black chalk on blue paper (female figure)

15 x 10 1/4 in. (38.1 x 26 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Head of a Woman Looking Up (Judith)

1625 · Red and black chalk, on originally blue paper now faded to light brown-gray

13 1/4 × 8 7/8 in. (33.6 × 22.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Charity

1625 · Oil on canvas

54 x 41 3/4 in. (137.2 x 106 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Head of Christ

1623 · black, red, and white chalks on gray-green laid paper

overall: 37.9 x 28 cm (14 15/16 x 11 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for King David, with Harp and Psalm Book

1621 · Red chalk, with stumping, on cream laid paper

44 × 34.2 cm (17 3/8 × 13 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Virgin holding the infant Christ on her lap, an oval composition, after Reni

1620 · Etching

Sheet (Trimmed): 7 5/16 × 5 13/16 in. (18.5 × 14.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vision of Saint Philip Neri

1617 · Red chalk, heightened with lead white (discolored), on buff laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

20.3 × 15 cm (8 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Francis of Assisi, with two Monks of his Order

1611 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash and traces of graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper

18.1 × 17 cm (7 3/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Putti with Potted Plant

1611 · Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory card

31.5 × 22.6 cm (12 7/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Putto

1611 · Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream card

19.4 × 18.9 cm (7 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Studies van voeten, hoofd en schouders van een op de rug geziene man

1608 · paper, chalk

width: 276 cm, height: 168 cm

Rijksmuseum

Studies voor lichaamsdelen van de heilige Floriaan

1608 · paper, chalk

width: 276 cm, height: 168 cm

Rijksmuseum

Descent of the Holy Spirit

1607 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with gold paint, over black chalk, on brown laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on board

33.9 × 37.2 cm (13 3/8 × 14 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

84 published of 111 catalogued · 69 with image

The Met
49 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
22 published22 img
Nga
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
6 published6 img
+ 1 more source · 27 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

14 entries · 2 sources

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
1634 · AIC · 4 prov
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The Abduction of Helen
1627 · AIC · 4 prov
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Saint Jerome
1630 · AIC · 4 prov
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Twee vrouwenvoeten
1585 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portret van Beatrice Cenci
1778 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Movements1

Baroque

Collections5

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Christie's

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Rijksmuseum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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