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Style. Guercino was remarkable for the extreme rapidity of his executions: he completed no fewer than 106 large altarpieces for churches, and his other paintings amount to about 144. He was also a prolific draftsman. His production includes many drawings, usually in ink, washed ink, or red chalk.
Guercino was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from the region of Emilia, active in Rome and Bologna. He painted many altarpieces, frescoes, and portraits, and was known for his naturalism, luminosity, and rapidity.
- Italian
- December 22, 1666
- Cento, Italy
Learn about Guercino, the leading Bolognese painter after Guido Reni, who combined Caravaggio's chiaroscuro with charm and softness. See nine of his paintings, including his altarpiece of the 'Investiture of Saint William' and his ceiling fresco of 'Aurora'.
Guercino war einer der bekanntesten und erfolgreichsten Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts. Von großer künstlerischer Bedeutung gelten heute insbesondere die Werke seiner frühen Reife (ca. 1617–1620) und seiner römischen Zeit (1621–1623),
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Cento, Ferrara (Italy), 1591 - Bologna (Italy), 1666. Born in a town halfway between Ferrara and Bologna, Barbieri soon received the nickname "Il Guercino" owing to his squint ("quercio" in Italian means cross-eyed).
The Artist: One of the great figures of seventeenth-century painting, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri was born in the town of Cento, not far from Ferrara. His nickname, Guercino—literally, “the little crossed-eyed”—derives from an eye defect evident in portraits of the artist
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