# The Immaculate Conception, in Italian Baroque

Guido Reni painted this in 1627, aged 52. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> The Virgin stands on a crescent moon in a golden sky, her hands joined and her gaze lifted, while angels gather around her. The Immaculate Conception, the belief that Mary was conceived free of original sin, was especially cherished in Spain and widely celebrated in the art of the Counter-Reformation.

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## The work

- Date: 1627
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 105 1/2 x 73 in. (268 x 185.4 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 59.32
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Guido Reni](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/guido-reni), Italian, 1575–1642

Reni trained in Bologna, first with Denys Calvaert and then at the Carracci academy, and spent the early 1600s in Rome, where his fresco Aurora won wide fame.

6 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Guido Reni](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/guido-reni?hang=750) (6 works)
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