BIB_ID
191907
Accession number
MA 2694
Creator
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.
Display Date
1609 Oct. 25-1612 May 15.
Credit line
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."
Provenance
Giovanni Andrea Sirani; Carlo Cesare Malvasia; Giampietro Zanotti; Gift of Robert H. Taylor in 1969.
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).
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