Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas laid on board, 19th century (or earlier), after Guido Reni's
St. John the Baptist Preaching, in gilt frame.
Frame dimensions 27 3/4 x 22 1/2 in.
An engraved version of Reni's painting by Raphael Morghen (Italian, 1761-1833) is in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland.
Craquelure; some surface grime and small nicks; separation with repair to frame at left. A hand-written note to the verso indicates the painting was "reconditioned" by Lawrence Halsten of Buffalo, Minnesota in 1937.