Guido Reni (1575–1642) was an Italian Baroque painter from Bologna and one of the most celebrated artists of his day. Trained in the circle of the Carracci, he developed a luminous, classical style marked by graceful figures and balanced, harmonious compositions. Reni’s altarpieces and images of the Virgin, Christ, and the saints were widely admired and copied, helping to define a refined, idealised, and deeply devotional current within Baroque painting.