Guercino - Finestre sull'Arte

Guercino at Casa Pannini: Rural Views of 17th-Century Emilia

The landscapes of his homeland would always remain etched in Guercino’s mind: the woods along the banks of the Rhine, the countryside around his hometown of Cento, and the dusty roads that cut through this stretch of the Po Valley halfway betwe...
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Art in the Ludovisi papacy, among the shortest of the seventeenth century. What the exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale looks like.

The most monumental altarpiece by Giovan Francesco Barbieri known as Guercino was commissioned to the Cento painter in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV, born Alessandro Ludovisi, for the head altar of the north aisle of St. Peter's Basilica, where in 1606 the...
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Extraordinary Guercino. If a painter at age 60 in the 1600s continues to experiment.

The two Forli paintings discussed in this article can be seen at the exhibition Guercino, a New Look, in Cento, Church of San Lorenzo, from Sept. 21, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2025. During the nineteenth century, at two different times, two of the three larg...
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Reggio Emilia, restoration begins on Guercino's masterpiece: the Crucifix of the Ghiara

A masterpiece by Guercino, Christ Crucified with Virgin, Mary Magdalene, John the Evangelist and St. Prospero, a majestic altarpiece preserved in the Basilica of the Ghiara in Reggio Emilia, has been removed from its location to undergo restoration i...
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Guercino in Turin: an itinerary among the works

In the strutting, superb Turin, in the sunny splendor of the Savoy square next to the Royal Palace, within the cozy halls of Palazzo Chiablese, stands a luminous and splendid exhibition, perhaps unexpected but for that reason surprising and magnifice...
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Turin, at the Royal Museums the major exhibition on Guercino with international loans

Entitled Guercino . The Painter's Trade the exhibition that the Royal Museums of Turin are dedicating to Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri; Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666) and hosting at the Sale Chiablese from March 23 to July 28, 2024. The exhibit...
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Turin, Guercino exhibition also features the large Madonna of the Rosary altarpiece. Photos of the transport

A new addition to the exhibition dedicated to Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666), entitled Guercino. The Painter's Craft scheduled in the Sale Chiablese of Turin's Royal Museums from March 23 to July 28, 2024, produced by CoopCulture with Villagg...
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A happy time for Guercino, time for exhibitions and rediscoveries

The Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna offers citizens and international culture an exhibition on Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666). A review toward an anthology of works that place the master at the center of seventeenth-century European painting ...
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