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Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-Bologna 1642)
Five Greek Bishop Saints c.1610-12
Pen and ink with wash | 20.7 x 11.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903409
Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-Bologna 1642)
Five Greek Bishop Saints c.1610-12
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A drawing of five standing bishop saints, all wearing mitres, two holding croziers. The drawing is an unused study for Reni's frescoed scenes on the underside of the arches above the lunettes in the Cappella Paolina, in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. Reni's frescoes were executed in 1610-12, as part of a decorative scheme coordinated by the Cavaliere d'Arpino. For other drawings for the scheme see RCIN 903408, 903466.
See V. Birke, Guido Reni. Zeichnungen, exh. cat., Albertina, Vienna, 1981, no. 36; S. Pepper, Guido Reni, 1984, under cat. 35.Provenance
Listed in George III’s Inventory A, c.1800-20: p. 80, ‘Guido &c. Tom. 5’, one of ‘2 of Saints, painted in the Capella Paolina in the Church of Sta. Maria Maggiore’
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink with wash
Measurements
20.7 x 11.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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