Blessed Soul

Anima beata
Author: 

Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 - 1642)

Type: 
Painting
Year: 
1640-1642
Material and technique: 
oil on canvas
Size: 
cm 252 x 153
Origin: 
Sacchetti Collection
Inventory: 
Inv. PC 106

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Sala VI - La pittura a Bologna dai Carracci a Guido Reni

The Bolognese Academy, founded by Annibale and Agostino Carracci and their cousin Ludovico, progressively developed a type of devotional art attentive of a new, profoundly religious sensitivity, tied to the spirit of the Counter-Reformation.

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