Lot and His Daughters
Guercino · 1651
Guercino
Italian · 1591–1666
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as (il) 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. His many drawings are noted for their luminosity and lively style.
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Lot and His Daughters
Guercino · 1651
Toledo Museum of Art
Amnon and Tamar
Guercino
National Gallery of Art
Drawing and Color
Guercino · 1640
Getty Center
Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well
Guercino · 1640
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
The Crucifixion with St. Elizabeth of Hungary and St. Frances of Rome
Guercino · 1630
Wawel Castle
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph
Guercino · 1638
National Gallery of Ireland
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Guercino
National Gallery of Art
Self-Portrait before a Painting of "Amor Fedele"
Guercino
National Gallery of Art
Works worth knowing
3 of Guercino's works, and what makes each one worth a look.
Amnon and Tamar
Guercino
National Gallery of Art
Absalom, according to the Hebrew Bible, was an Israelite prince. Born to David and Maacah, who was from Geshur, he was the only full sibling of Tamar. He is described in the Hebrew Bible as being exceptionally beautiful, as is his sister.
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph
Guercino · 1638
National Gallery of Ireland
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is an oil-on-canvas painting created ca. 1620 by the Italian Baroque artist Guercino, now in the National Gallery of Ireland. It depicts the Biblical story of Jacob blessing his grandsons Manasseh and Ephraim, with the boys' father Joseph on the right protesting that the primary right-handed blessing has been given to the second-born (Ephraim) not first-born (Manasseh) son.
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Guercino
National Gallery of Art
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (8 February 1591, 22 December 1666), better known as (il) 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. His many drawings are noted for their luminosity and lively style.
How Guercino worked
From the record of their own practice.
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. Most of them were made as preparatory studies for his paintings, but he also drew landscapes, genre subjects, and caricatures for his own enjoyment. Guercino's drawings are known for their fluent style in which "rapid, calligraphic pen strokes combined with dots, dashes, and parallel hatching lines describe the forms".
Where the work hangs
The museums that hold it, and their visitor guides.
National Gallery of Art
15 in the archive · Washington, D.C.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
2 in the archive · Cleveland, Ohio
Getty Center
1 in the archive · Los Angeles
Toledo Museum of Art
1 in the archive · Toledo
National Gallery of Ireland
1 in the archive · Dublin
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
1 in the archive · Madrid
Wawel Castle
1 in the archive · Kraków
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