Studio of Guido Reni

The copper plate is flat and stable. The colors are fresh and details have been very well retained. One tiny scuff can be seen in blue curtain near upper edge. Examination under UV light: there are retouches to the blue curtain at far left and a few at upper center. A few other very small retouches here are there and one small retouch to the white cloth lower left. No further work is needed and painting can be hung as is. In a carved and gilt wood frame.
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This tranquil scene depicting the Virgin absorbed in her needlework, executed in the studio of Guido Reni, follows one of two variations on a design by the Bolognese master.  The present studio version follows Reni’s prototype formerly with Dickinson Roundell, London, and now in a private collection, in which the Virgin is dressed in a red robe and accompanied by three angels.¹  The second variant, which was rediscovered only in 2006 and offered in these R ooms in 2012, shows the Virgin dressed in blue and accompanied by four angels rather than three.²

1. D.S. Pepper, Guido Reni, New York 1984, pp. 219-220, cat. no. 22.