Three Children with a Tray and Three Goblets, Guido Reni | Mia

three chubby nude toddlers; two children carry a third, who holds a tray with three glass stemmed goblets — Three Children with a Tray and Three Goblets, c. 1607-14
Guido Reni
Etching
The Winton Jones Endowment Fund for Prints and Drawings 2014.117.1
Not on View
The Italian Baroque painter Guido Reni was celebrated for his depictions of pious Madonnas and saints, and sweet chubby angels and children. In this etching, he represents three naked boys playfully and precariously carrying a tray with three goblets. It seems at any moment one of them might stumble and the glasses will tumble to the floor. While printmaking was a secondary pursuit of the artist, Reni was both prolific—executing over fifty etchings—and extremely influential in the medium. This particular image was widely emulated by artists into the nineteenth century.

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Title: Three Children with a Tray and Three Goblets
Dated: c. 1607-14
Artist: Guido Reni
Nationality: Italian
Artist Life: (Bologna), 1575–1642
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 6 11/16 × 5 1/2 in. (16.99 × 13.97 cm) (plate)7 7/8 × 6 9/16 in. (20 × 16.67 cm) (sheet)
Credit: The Winton Jones Endowment Fund for Prints and Drawings
Accession Number: 2014.117.1
Medium: Etching
Country: Italy
Century: 17th century
Provenance: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Lugt 700a (until 1955). Christie’s, London, December 4, 2014, no. 40; [C.G. Boerner, New York, 2013-14; sold to MIA]
Rights: Public Domain
Classification: Prints
Object Name: Print
Catalogue Raisonne: Bartsch XVIII.290.18; TIB 4005.032 S1 (ii/ii)
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