Guido Reni (1575-1642) (after) - Cleopatra Bitten by the Asp - 960076 - National Trust

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.