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Guido Reni
Landscape with Cupids Playing Engaged in Various Playful and Play Activities
Biography of Guido Reni
Guido Reni (November 4, 1575 - August 18, 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works show a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicholas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He mainly painted religious works, but also mythological and allegorical subjects. Active in Rome, Naples, and his native Bologna, he became the dominant figure of the Bolognese school that emerged under the influence of the Carracci. In 1601 he arrived in Rome, where he combined Emilian classicism with new Caravaggesque ideas, painting several masterpieces: the Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia in the Basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, the Crucifixion of Saint Peter for the Abbey of the Three Fountains, now in the Vatican Pinacoteca, the Martyrdom of Saint Andrew and Eternal in Glory for the church of San Gregorio al Celio, the decoration of the Aldobrandini Wedding Hall and the Ladies' Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, and that for the Pauline Chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore. From 1610 he continued to alternate stays in Bologna, Rome, and Naples, painting works of great importance for the history of art such as the Massacre of the Innocents and Samson; the fresco of the Aurora for the Casino Rospigliosi Pallavicini, at the time owned by Scipione Borghese; the Atalanta and Hippomenes now preserved in the Capodimonte Museum in Naples.
The work
Landscape with Amorini playing engaged in various playful and ludic activities
Oil on canvas, cm 77 x 60
