19th Century Italian School After Guido Reni (1575-1642) Title: Madonna with resting Child Period 1800-1850 Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: From. Leading UK art dealership and private UK collection Overall size with the frame is 109 cm x 87 cm x 6 cm and the painting itself 93 cm x 71 cm A very large and beautifully composed 19th century Italian School oil on canvas depiction of The Madonna with the resting baby Jesus after the original by Guido Reini (1575-1642) . Guido Reni was an early Italian Baroque painter noted for the classical idealism of his renderings of mythological and religious subjects. The painting offered had lovely tonality and retains strong colours. In the painting Madonna in red robe, blue cloak and beige headdress. In front of her, lying on a white cloth which she holds upwards at the edge with two fingers of her outstretched hand, is the boy Jesus. The Madonna looks at the child with slightly tilted head lovingly at the naked sleeping Jesus while her left hand touches his golden-brown hair tenderly. The painting is finely composed and in ready to hang condition. Condition report. In excellent lined condition, the painting appears to have been professionally restored most likely within the last 50 years and is lined . There is fine Craquelure commensurate with its antiquity. The paint surface is stable and the lined canvas in good tension. Please note: The frame that is included in the pictures above has been added to the artwork by a third party/the seller, as such it’s not an integral part of the object. The frame is being provided to you at no additional costs so that when your artwork arrives at your house you can immediately display it on your wall. As such any damages to the frame itself, that do not affect the integrity of the artwork, cannot be accepted as a valid reason to open a claim or request a cancellation. We would also point out that whilst we insure all paintings before shipping that we have no control over shipping once we have sent the painting . The successful bidder will be responsible for paying any import duties and any associated VAT in the country of destination . Please refer to the auction terms regarding this before bidding. All of the art that we sell is insured for shipping ( subject to the above ). All shipping is professionally packed. . we have been getting most paintings shipped to most parts of the EU with 5 working days but we cannot guarantee this . We have on a couple of occasions experienced a few delays with customs in certain countries over the last few weeks. Please Note: Studio/Gallery photos of paintings on an easel on the published material are intended only to represent accurately the size of the painting within that room environment. Also refer to the shipping costs and note the auctioneers disclaimer regarding potential customs charges . We cannot calculate these as they are levied in the country of destination and the amount payable is determined by customs there and not by ourselves or the auctioneers. We have experienced some customs charging higher than expected import taxes; so we would advise bidders to attempt the establish the likely excise duties that your own National customs will charge you before bidding and committing to buy the painting. We must emphasise it is not the UK customs authorities. Please check out our paintings and objects in the Tableau and Catawiki eclectic collector auction running from the 6th to the 22nd of September, our extensive collection in the British auction running from the 13th of September and paintings offered in the Museum and French 1850-1950 auctions also running from the 6th of September all on Catawiki !