A Queen's Picture

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Guido Reni Bologna, 4 November 1575 – Bologna, 18 August 1642 Guido Reni, Self-Portrait 1632 c., Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Guido Reni was one of the founders of the Bolognese school of painting. A painter, draughtsman, and occasional etcher, he was a pupil of Calvaert from about 1584 to 1593 before transferring to the academy run by the Carracci, where he absorbed their tradition of clear, firm draughtsmanship. By 1601 he had moved to Rome and remained there until 1614, making frequent visits back home to Bologna. He briefly experimented with the Caravaggesque style of painting – such as in the Crucifixion of St. Peter, 1603, currently in the Pinacoteca of the Vatican – but Raphael and the antique remained the primary inspiration for his graceful classical style, as seen in his most celebrated work, Aurora, 1614, (currently in Casino dell'Aurora, Palazzo Rospiglioso-Pallavacini, Rome) a captivatingly beautiful ceiling fresco painted for Cardinal Scipione Borghese.
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