Guido reni paintings quirinale

Frescoes in the Cappella dell'Annunziata, Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome (1609-11)

by Guido RENI

Beginning in 1607, Scipione Borghese, the art-loving nephew of Camillo Borghese, elected pope as Paul V, gave Guido Reni a series of important commissions, on which he was assisted by Annibale Carracci's pupils.

In the fall of 1609 Reni was given the commission to paint the pope's private chapel in the Palazzo del Quirinale. The chapel, consecrated to the Annunciation to the Virgin, was on the piano nobile. The actual painting took a total of seven months. Nevertheless, payments to Reni stretched out over two years, until 1612. Reni was assisted in the execution of the painting by Giovanni Lanfranco, Francesco Albani and Antonio Carracci.

Frescoes in the Cappella dell'Annunziata, Palazzo del ...

The identification of the works executed by Lanfranco and Antonio Carracci is uncertain. After years of debate it is now generally agreed that each of them painted one of the two lunettes in the main room of the chapel. Francesco Albani painted th Antique paintings - palazzo.quirinale.it PYD