Record ID:
191907
Accession number:
MA 2694
Credit:
Gift of Robert H. Taylor, 1969.
Description:
1 item (33 p.), bound ; 13.5 cm
Notes:
Zanotti's inscription on the first leaf reads: "Libretto scritto / di mano di Guido Reni / avuto / La sera de i[l] 16 Novembre / 1729 / Giampietro Zanotti."
Summary:
Account book kept by Guido Reni during his activities in Rome. The four sections of the account book are devoted to receipts, disbursements, loans made by Reni to others (including various artists), and his bank account. Includes records of payment received for S. Gregorio and the Quirinal Palace decorations. Refers to the commissions for the fresco of the oratory of S Andrew (1609), and the frescoes of the Annunciation and Pauline Chapels (1610 and 1611).
Binding:
Vellum bound notebook titled on front cover "Autografo di Guido Reni." Brown morocco container shaped like a book. Inserted into the inside cover of the container is an oval miniature of the Virgin and Child "that resembles the eighteenth-century Bolognese style, in particular that of G.G. dal Sole. The miniature, however, was probably believed to be by Guido Reni when it was added to the book." c.f. D. Stephen Pepper, p. 309.
Provenance:
Giovanni Andrea Sirani; Carlo Cesare Malvasia; Giampietro Zanotti; Gift of Robert H. Taylor in 1969.
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