NOTE: This item is selling and shipping from our Sunrise, FL office, 33351. Oil on canvas painting depicting the nativity scene with the child Jesus resting on a straw covered box, emulating light from his being and crowned by a halo of rays. Joseph and Mary look on in awe at the child and are crowned by halos. The figural elements very similar to those used by Reni in his renditions of similar scenes but not of the quality of his workshop.

Weight (lbs): 41
Height (In.): 54
Width (In.): 74
Depth (In.): 2.25
Size: 44 x 64" sight.
Maker: Follower of Guido Reni
Material: Oil, canvas
Date: 17th century
Provenance: N/A
Condition: Lined, Under UV inspection several repaired tears and scattered in-paint, fine allover craquelure as expected.
History: Guido Reni, (4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style. Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon after, he was joined in that studio by Albani and Domenichino. He may also have trained with a painter by the name of Ferrantini. When Reni was about twenty years old, the three Calvaert pupils migrated to the rising rival studio, named Accademia degli Incamminati (Academy of the "newly embarked", or progressives), led by Lodovico Carracci. They went on to form the nucleus of a prolific and successful school of Bolognese painters who followed Annibale Carracci to Rome. Like many other Bolognese painters, Reni's painting was thematic and eclectic in style.
Condition: Lined, Under UV inspection several repaired tears and scattered in-paint, fine allover craquelure as expected. History: Guido Reni, (4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style. Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon after, he was joined in that studio by Albani and Domenichino. He may also have trained with a painter by the name of Ferrantini. When Reni was about twenty years old, the three Calvaert pupils migrated to the rising rival studio, named Accademia degli Incamminati (Academy of the "newly embarked", or progressives), led by Lodovico Carracci. They went on to form the nucleus of a prolific and successful school of Bolognese painters who followed Annibale Carracci to Rome. Like many other Bolognese painters, Reni's painting was thematic and eclectic in style.