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One of Rome s buzziest street artists once told me that the city is like a lasagna . The endearing comparison evokes both the layers of history that lie beneath the Eternal Cityâs cobblestones and the contrast between its béchamel-smooth
la dolce vita elan and rough ragù-like character. In other words, it s full of flavour. Savour its many nuances by booking the hotels in central Rome, home to a jumble of Roman ruins sitting cheek by jowl with Renaissance palaces and Baroque squares. And in the shadow of it all, the Romans going about their day fueled by tiny shots of espresso and an indefatigable
This newly reattributed landscape scene with festive revellers is virtually without compare in the known
oeuvre of Guido Reni. An early work, it shows Reni experimenting with the Bolognese style of the Carracci brothers, which he would soon abandon in favour of the graceful religious and mythological works on which his reputation rests. Acquired from the young artist by Scipione Borghese – an important patron – it was mentioned on the inventory of the Palazzo Borghese collections in 1693, but has been lost until now; with the new identification, and purchase at TEFAF last March, the painting returns to the Galleria Borghese for the first time in centuries.
Country Dance by Guido Reni is back in Cardinal Scipione Borghese s collection
Guido Reni, Country Dance. Photo: C. Giusti.
ROME
.-The Galleria Borghese announces its acquisition of the painting Country Dance (c. 1601-02). After a series of intensive studies, the restoration of its attribution to Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-1642) together with its documented provenance from Cardinal Scipione Borgheses collection constitutes one of the most important and unexpected discoveries of the last few years.
In addition to its art-historical value, its documented provenance from Scipione Borgheses collection enables us to add an important detail to the fundamental matter of the relations between the Borghese family and Guido Reni. The cardinal wanted to make Reni his court painter, considering him after the death of Annibale Carracci the most important artist in Rome. The Borghese family, in the person of Pope Paul V, entrusted him with the frescos of The Pauline Chapel i
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