Germany Thanks Russia for Returned Art Treasures, Asks for the Rest Back Aug 18, 2008
The paintings, including works by Rubens, , Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Ferdinand Bol, Guido Reni and Jan Lievens, hang in the baroque style -- close together, almost completely obscuring the wall on one side of Frederick's gallery built between 1755 and 1763. The exhibition includes illustrations of how the gallery looked before the war, with black-and-white photographs of the missing pictures. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
A Watteau sets record at £12.36 million in an uneven Old Masters sale Jul 13, 2008
"Christ Crowned With Thorns," given to Guido Reni, sold for 121,250 because the auctioneer was fortunate enough to have a commission bid in his book. He had no such luck with "Christ as the Man of Sorrows," catalogued as an early 16th-century work from the studio of Albrecht Bouts, which came immediately after and crashed unsold at 45,000, far below the 80,000 to 120,000 estimate. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
At Sotheby's, rare Old Masters offerings lead to world records Jul 13, 2008
Guido Reni was next on the world record list of Italian masters with a rather atypical "Martyrdom of Saint Apollonia" painted on copper, which sold for 1. 83 million, well within the estimated price bracket. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
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Joseph with Jesus' by Guido Reni, 1635. And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth. (WorldNetDaily)
Italian city rings alarm bells over 1994 art theft Nov 27, 2007
Among the paintings that disappeared from a municipal art gallery in Catania, on Sicily, were a Rembrandt and a painting by the great Italian Baroque artist Guido Reni. But what is unusual about this particular alleged theft is that it took place 13 years ago - and has only just been discovered. (Guardian Unlimited)
University scholars receive distinguished, named professorships Sep 21, 2007
He is best known for his studies of the German surrealist artist, Max Ernst, and Aurora, a painting by Italian baroque artist Guido Reni. Ubl s current work has focused mostly on the 19th-century French painter Eug;ne Delacroix. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Sotheby's is resilient, but in a dwindling market Jan 28, 2006
But despite some fading, the study of the head of a woman in black and red chalk by Guido Reni is unforgettable. It was used by the Caravagesque master when painting "The Virgin adoring the sleeping child Christ," now in the Maximilian Speck von Sternburg Foundation in Leipzig. (International Herald Tribune)
