Follower of Guido Reni (1575–1642) Ecce Homo 17th century Oil on canvas 74 x 59.5 cm CONDITION: Good condition. It has slight repaintings. Relining. PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Spain. DESCRIPTION: The painter of this painting was undoubtedly inspired by Guido Reni's Ecce Homo. In fact, our work has many parallels with the Man of Sorrows, now in the Rijksmuseum, and exactly the same aesthetic characteristics as a Man of Sorrows by Guido Reni auctioned at Sotheby's in 2006, now in a private collection. The intense rapture of the countenance, the flight of the gaze towards the sky, the subtle tilting of the head, the crown with its thorns against the golden halo... are all elements that emulate the paintings of the same name by the Bolognese painter Guido Reni. The undisputed master of Roman-Bolognese classicism alongside Albani and Domenichino, Guido Reni was undoubtedly the best of the three. Closely linked to the Carracci family and to the city of Bologna, they all had a similar career. They trained in Bologna with Denys Calvaert, and then went on to the Accademia degli Incamminati, directed by Ludovico Carraci. In 1600 Reni arrived in Rome, where he worked with Annibale Carracci in the Galleria Farnese. His best period began in these years; in 1609, on Annibale's death, Reni became the head of the classicist school. In the city he was the protégé of Scipione Borghese, the future Pope Paul V, for whom the painter produced one of his most important works, "La Aurora" (Palazzo Rospigliosi). It reveals something that would always be characteristic of Reni's style, his admiration for ancient sculpture. Starting from classical statues, he developed an ideal of beauty and perfection that would be greatly admired by subsequent painters. In 1614 he returned to Bologna for good. Reni's style evolved in a clear direction, becoming more and more sculptural and cold, more and more fully classicist. His mature work was characterised by a cold, silvery palette. Finally, from the 1930s onwards, his style became sketchy, with an unfinished appearance and a tendency towards monochrome, of great interest from a technical as well as a formal point of view. Guido Reni is currently represented in the most important art galleries all over the world, including the Prado Museum, the Hermitage, the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the National Gallery in London, among many others. Notes: - The piece includes authenticity certificate. - The piece includes Spanish Export License (Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested, can take between 1-2 weeks maximum. - The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki. #ESArtMarch