A girl in a white headdress, in a feigned oval

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After Guido Reni
A girl in a white headdress, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
25¼ x 19¾ in. (64 x 50 cm.)

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Lot Essay

After the composition known of which a version is in the Galleria Corsini, Rome. Traditionally identified as a portrait of Beatrice Cenci, the attribution to Reni was challenged by the late Dr. Stephen Pepper, who suggested that the composition derives from a prototype by Sirani influenced by Reni and his studio (Guido Reni, Oxford, 1984, p. 304, no. C6).

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