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Guido Reni, artist
Italian, 1575 - 1642
Allegory of Learning, 16th - 17th century
Etching
15.7 x 19 cm (image)
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1995.124.34

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Artist Biography: Painter and etcher. Studied with Denis Calvaert as a youth, then entered the Carracci school. Worked in Rome and Naples, returning finally to Bologna. Baroque painter notable for the classical idealism of his renderings of mythological and religious subjects. ~~Reference: Bartsch, Adam von. Le Peintre-graveur. Vol. XVIII. W¸rzburg: 1920~Birke, Veronika. Italian Masters of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol. 40. New York: 1982, Abaris Books.~Birke, Veronika. Italian Masters of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol. 40 (Commentary). New York: 1987, Abaris Books.~Bertel‡, G.G., and S. Ferrara. Incisori Bolognesi ed Emiliani del secolo XVII. Bologna, 1973.~

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Learning of Allegory Marcus Mrs Mr Cupid Allegorical as 62 catalogue c 17th verso LL stamp his Sopher S M 1977 August Mendez Christopher Provenance Europe Italy Print Etching lower carrots vegetables ewer pestle mortar winged attentive behind book right panel hand left her compass holding figure female seated Guido Reni Italian 3154201306950044 A029443 1995.124.34 AFGA