Guido Reni: Italian Painter Introduction: Guido Reni was born in Bologna, Papal States, Italy, on November 4, 1575. He was an early Italian Baroque painter known for the classical idealism of his interpretations of mythological and religious subjects. At the age of 10, the first apprentice of the Flemish painter Denis Calvert, Reni was later influenced by the new naturalism... View more
