Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-Bologna 1642) - Saint John the Baptist in the Desert - RCIN 406111 - Royal Collection

Guido Reni (1575–1642) was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style. He painted primarily religious works, as well as mythological and allegorical subjects. Active in Rome, Naples, and his native Bologna, he became the dominant figure in the Bolognese School, and his eclectic classicism was widely influential.