Guido Reni Country Dance Back in Rome
December 29 2020
Picture: Galleria Borghese
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Galleria Borghese in Rome has acquired the above Country Dance attributed to the Bolognese Baroque painter Guido Reni.
The work had been in the collection of Cardinal Scipione Borghese before it was sold in 1892. It appeared for sale at Bonhams in 2008 which lead to an investigation as to the painting's provenance and attribution. Having been accepted by Reni scholars and identified in an 1693 inventory, the painting was offered at this year's TEFAF by Galleria Fondantico from whom it was acquired by the gallery.
This rare landscape by Reni will be on display when the museum reopens after lockdown.
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