This exhibition is in the past. View our current exhibitions.
GUIDO RENI (BOLOGNA 1575-BOLOGNA 1642)
The head of a woman
c.1626RCIN 903196
The musician Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666) compiled a significant collection of drawings which he stamped with small stars. A number of these seem to have passed directly into Charles II's collection. It is possible that Lanier acquired the present drawing directly from Guido Reni's studio in Bologna, in 1626, when he was buying a painting from the artist for Charles I.
Cat. 153
Cat. 153
stamp, eight-pointed star with hole at centre: Lugt 2885 (Nicholas Lanier)
