Guido Reni managed one of the busiest studios of the 17th century. His most popular compositions can exist in several versions, with varying degrees of involvement of the master. A prime version of this picture can
be seen in the National Gallery, NG6642. The conservation of Dulwich?s painting has confirmed it as a good studio piece, for the most part much harder-edged than Reni?s own fluid and brilliant brushwork, but with
some passages of high quality. The face of Europa is typical of the ?type? favoured by Reni - its influence can be traced clearly in the face of one of Lot?s daughters, in a much later painting by Franceschini also
in the Dulwich collection (DPG629).
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"Reni managed one of the busiest painting studios of the 17th century. His most popular compositions exist in several versions, each with varying degrees of involvement by the master. The original version of
this picture can be seen in the National Gallery, London.
While this painting is recognised as a high quality studio piece, the clearly defined contours lack the fluid and brilliant brushwork of the works painted by Reni’s own hand. The face of Europa is typical of the
type favoured by Reni, and which would have been very familiar to his assistants."
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