Guido Reni  (1575-1642),

• Was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
• Reni was born in Bologna.
• Active in Rome, Naples, and his native Bologna.
• At the age of nine, he was apprenticed to the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert.
• Later he joined in that studio by Albani and Domenichino.
• In the center of Bologna he established two studios, teeming with nearly 200 pupils. • His most distinguished pupil was Simone Cantarini, named Il Pesarese.
• Other Bolognese pupils included Antonio Randa, Vincenzo Gotti, Emilio Savonanzi, Sebastiano Brunetti, Tommaso Campana, Domenico Maria Canuti, Bartolomeo Marescotti, Giovanni Maria Tamburino, and Pietro Gallinari.
• The  displayed painting is  a crop from: Lucretia by Follower of Guido Reni.