Guercino
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Death | 358 years ago |
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Date of birth | February 8,1591 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Cento |
Italy | |
Date of died | December 22,1666 |
Died | Bologna |
Italy | |
Periods | Baroque |
Known for | Painting |
Drawing | |
Painting, drawing | |
Job | Painter |
Books | In Focus, Guercino's Esther: Published on the Occasion of an Exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, 7 March-16 May 1993 |
Guercino in Britain: Paintings from British Collections | |
Siblings | Paolo Antonio Barbieri |
Works | Et in Arcadia ego |
Mars with Cupid | |
Full name | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri |
Nationality | Italian |
Period by artworks | Baroque |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 502996 |
Guercino Life story
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino, was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous naturalism of his early manner contrasts with the classical equilibrium of his later works.