Nessus abducts Deianira by Guido Reni on loan from the Louvre to the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna

Prestigious exchanges between important museums: from Sept. 5, 2017 to Jan. 7, 2018, the famous painting"Nessus Abducts Deianira" by Guido Reni kept at the Louvre Museum will be transferred to the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna; the latter has loaned the Strage degli Innocenti by the same artist to the Condé Museum in Chantilly, where an exhibition sponsored by Pierre Rosenberg has been set up in which the prestigious canvas will be among the main works in the exhibition itinerary.

“Nessus and Deianira” was painted in about 1620 and depicts the abduction of Deianira, wife of Hercules, by the centaur Nessus, who is running away convinced that he will succeed in his undertaking, but in the background appears Hercules who will kill him

The loans of the famous artworks are part of an international agreement between major museums.

Image: Guido Reni, Nessus Abducts Deianira (c. 1620; oil on canvas, 293 x 193 cm; Louvre, Paris)

Nessus abducts Deianira by Guido Reni on loan from the Louvre to the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna

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