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Science or The Love of Study, c. 1635. Etching on ivory laid paper.
Etching on ivory laid paper · 16.1 × 19.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Science or The Love of Study
- Artist
- Guido Reni Italian, 1575-1642
- Date
- c. 1635
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 16.1 × 19.3 cm (6 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Bernard F. Rogers Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1575–1642
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.