Roman Charity

Details

Guido Reni (Bologna 1574-1642)
Roman Charity
oil on canvas
38¾ x 33 in. (98.5 x 83.8 cm.)

Provenance

Peter Langford-Brooke, Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (recorded in the inventory of his estate dated 3-10 February 1840), and by descent to
William Prinsep Langford-Brooke (d. 1927), and by descent to his son,
Colonel Ronald Langford-Brooke (d. 1980), and by inheritance to his wife, Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke; (+), Christie's, London, 23 May 1994, lot 219 (£60,900).

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Lot Essay

Dr. Stephen Pepper confirmed the attribution in the 1994 sale catalogue, dating the painting to the late 1630s. Pepper further suggested that the present painting may be the work of the same size recorded in the 1693 Roman inventory of Cardinal Flavio Chigi's collection at the Palazzo a Piazza SS. Apostoli, described as 'f.68 175 Un Quadro di 4, e 5, con cornice dorata liscia, con lá Caritá Romana, mano di Guido Reno'.

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