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After Guido Reni, Italian 1575-1642- St Francis in Ecstasy; oil on canvas, inscribed 'ST ANTHONY / BY / RIBERA' verso, 43.8 x 33.1 cm. (unframed). Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is a copy after Reni's original, completed around 1612, which is held in the Louvre Museum, Paris [INV 533]. The composition depicts the saint holding a skull, with his eyes uplifted in a moment of divine contemplation. Reni was a central figure of the Baroque movement, whose pupils included figures such as Simone Cantarini (1612-1648) and Antonio Randa (c.1595-c.1657). The influence of Reni's approach is also evidence in the work of subsequent Spanish artists, including Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).
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After Guido Reni, Italian 1575-1642- St Francis in Ecstasy; oil on canvas, inscribed 'ST ANTHONY / BY / RIBERA' verso, 43.8 x 33.1 cm. (unframed). Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is a copy after Reni's original, completed around 1612, which is held in the Louvre Museum, Paris [INV 533]. The composition depicts the saint holding a skull, with his eyes uplifted in a moment of divine contemplation. Reni was a central figure of the Baroque movement, whose pupils included figures such as Simone Cantarini (1612-1648) and Antonio Randa (c.1595-c.1657). The influence of Reni's approach is also evidence in the work of subsequent Spanish artists, including Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).
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