LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK AND H, INCISED 13¼-11¼

GUIDO RENI, ITALIAN (1575-1642)

BEATRICE CENCI WAS A YOUNG ROMAN NOBLEWOMAN WHOSE CONDEMNATION TO DEATH BY POPE CLEMENT VIII AROUSED PUBLIC SYMPATHY AND BECAME THE SUBJECT OF POEMS, DRAMAS AND NOVELS, INCLUDING THE CENCI BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.