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Workshop Of Guido Reni — Madonna And Christ With Saint John The Baptist As A Child
Workshop Of Guido Reni

Madonna And Christ With Saint John The Baptist As A Child

A luminous devotional painting depicting the tender relationship between the Madonna, the Christ Child, and the young Saint John the Baptist, rendered in the refined and idealized style characteristic of Guido Reni's workshop. The figures are bathed in soft, harmonious light that accentuates their graceful forms and serene expressions, reflecting the workshop's mastery of delicate flesh tones and elegant composition. This oil on canvas exemplifies the devotional warmth and classical beauty that made Reni's workshop highly sought after by patrons throughout seventeenth-century Europe.

Medium
oil on canvas

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Old Masters Online

October 18, 2019

Estimate: $7,000$9,000

Lot 11

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Workshop Of Guido Reni, Madonna And Christ With Saint John The Baptist As A Child

A luminous devotional painting depicting the tender relationship between the Madonna, the Christ Child, and the young Saint John the Baptist, rendered in the refined and idealized style characteristic of Guido Reni's workshop. The figures are bathed in soft, harmonious light that accentuates their graceful forms and serene expressions, reflecting the workshop's mastery of delicate flesh tones and elegant composition. This oil on canvas exemplifies the devotional warmth and classical beauty that made Reni's workshop highly sought after by patrons throughout seventeenth-century Europe.

Medium
oil on canvas
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Madonna and Child, Gold Tones, Classical, Spiritual, Baroque, Devotional, Religious, Historical, Italian, Oil on Canvas