Guido Reni, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1642)

Guido Reni

Italian Baroque painter (1575–1642)

Guido Reni was an Italian Baroque painter, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but also mythological and allegorical subjects. Active in Rome, Naples, and his…