Italian school, follower of GUIDO RENI (Calvenzano di Vergato, Bologna, 1575 - Bologna, 1642); XVIII century.

Italian school, follower of GUIDO RENI (Calvenzano di Vergato, Bologna, 1575 - Bologna, 1642); XVIII century.
"Ecce homo".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
It presents faults.
Measurements: 75 x 62 cm.
Undoubtedly, the painter of this painting has been inspired by the Ecce Homo of Guido Reni. The intense rapture of the countenance, the escape of the glance towards the sky, the subtle tilted gesture of the head, the crown whose thorns are cut in front of the golden halo... are all elements that emulate the homonymous paintings of the Bolognese painter Guido Reni, especially the devotional paintings of the author conserved in the Louvre Museum. Despite being painted in the 19th century, this painting thus belongs to the classicist tradition of the Roman-Bolognese Baroque.
Undisputed master of the Roman-Bolognese classicism together with Albani and Domenichino, he was undoubtedly the best of the three. Closely linked to the Carracci family and to the city of Bologna, they all had a similar trajectory. They trained in Bologna with Denys Calvaert, and then moved on to the Accademia degli Incamminati, directed by Ludovico Carraci. In 1600 Reni arrived in Rome, where he worked with Annibale Carracci in the Farnese Gallery. His best period begins in these years; in 1609, at Annibale's death, Reni remains as the head of the classicist school. In the city he will be protected by Scipione Borghese, the future Pope Paul V, for whom the painter will realize one of his most important works, "La Aurora" (Palazzo Rospigliosi). It shows something that will always be characteristic of Reni's style, his admiration for ancient sculpture. Starting from the classical statues, he develops an ideal of beauty and perfection that will be much admired by the following painters. In 1614 he returned to Bologna for good. Reni's style evolves in a clear direction, more and more sculptural and cold, more and more fully classicist. His mature work will be characterized by a cold palette, with silvery reflections. Finally, since the thirties, his style becomes sketchy, with an unfinished aspect and a tendency towards monochromatic, of great interest from a technical as well as formal point of view.
Guido Reni is currently represented in the most important art galleries around the world, including the Prado Museum, the Hermitage, the Louvre, the Metropolitan in New York and the National Gallery in London, among many others.