All Guido Reni Oil Paintings

Painting:: Hercules Wrestling with Achelous (mk05)

1620-1621 Canvas,102 1/4 x 75 1/2''(260 x 192 cm).Commissioned in 1617 by Ferdinando Gonzaga,Duke of Mantua,for a room in the Villa Favorita near Mantua;painted 1620-1621.The four pictures on this spread are an allegory of the triumphant power of the Gonzaga family.Collection of Charles I;acquired by Louis XIV from Eberhard Jabach in 1662 INV

Painting ID:: 20375