The penitent Mary Magdalene
Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 - Bologna 1642), school
Lot-No. 25
Oil/canvas, 129 x 94,5 cm, min. rest., relined. - Expert report: Several written opinions are available. According to Dr. Emilio Negro and Dr. Nicosetta Roio, 25.01.12, its is an autograph work of Reni. Prof. Eduard Safarik takes it for an artwork probably painted in Renis workshop while other experts for Roman-Bolognese baroque painting (Prof. Massimo Pulini, Prof. Erich Schleier, Prof. Herwarth Roettgen) consider it to be a high-quality painting of a pupil active by the end of the 17th cent. Obviously it is not simply a copy. Gian Gioseffo del Sole has been proposed as author. This thesis is supported by the evidence of a pigment in the Blue of the sky that came in use only around 1700. However this could be caused by retouchings. The Magdalene is a superb variant of Renis painting formerly in the collection Barberini, thereafter Almagia. It is a main work of classicistic Bolognese baroque. - The subject of the penitent Magdelene was particularly popular in the age of counter-reformation. As representation of penitence it emphasises the catholic doctrine of seven sacraments that had been given up by the churches of reformation. - One of the most important painters of Roman Baroque, together with F. Albani a. Domenichino he was trained in the studio of D. Calvaert, around 1595 the three of them changed to L. Carraccis "Accademia degli Incamminati", in 1601 he went to Rome with A. Caracci where he, patronized by the Borghese family, rose to a leading position, after a short sojourn in Naples he returned to Bologna where he was able to win over the most influental patrons. His style, influenced by the Carracci but also by Raphael a. Caravaggio, was most suitable to serve different commissions. - Mus.: Paris (Louvre), London (Nat. Gall.), Rome (Vatican), Madrid (Prado), Milan (Brera), Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Museum) a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.
Guido Reni: The penitent Mary Magdalene
Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 - Bologna 1642), school
The penitent Mary Magdalene
Lot-No. 25
Oil/canvas, 129 x 94,5 cm, min. rest., relined. - Expert report: Several written opinions are available. According to Dr. Emilio Negro and Dr. Nicosetta Roio, 25.01.12, its is an autograph work of Reni. Prof. Eduard Safarik takes it for an artwork probably painted in Renis workshop while other experts for Roman-Bolognese baroque painting (Prof. Massimo Pulini, Prof. Erich Schleier, Prof. Herwarth Roettgen) consider it to be a high-quality painting of a pupil active by the end of the 17th cent. Obviously it is not simply a copy. Gian Gioseffo del Sole has been proposed as author. This thesis is supported by the evidence of a pigment in the Blue of the sky that came in use only around 1700. However this could be caused by retouchings. The Magdalene is a superb variant of Renis painting formerly in the collection Barberini, thereafter Almagia. It is a main work of classicistic Bolognese baroque. - The subject of the penitent Magdelene was particularly popular in the age of counter-reformation. As representation of penitence it emphasises the catholic doctrine of seven sacraments that had been given up by the churches of reformation. - One of the most important painters of Roman Baroque, together with F. Albani a. Domenichino he was trained in the studio of D. Calvaert, around 1595 the three of them changed to L. Carraccis "Accademia degli Incamminati", in 1601 he went to Rome with A. Caracci where he, patronized by the Borghese family, rose to a leading position, after a short sojourn in Naples he returned to Bologna where he was able to win over the most influental patrons. His style, influenced by the Carracci but also by Raphael a. Caravaggio, was most suitable to serve different commissions. - Mus.: Paris (Louvre), London (Nat. Gall.), Rome (Vatican), Madrid (Prado), Milan (Brera), Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Museum) a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.