Guercino

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Baroque painter Italian Baroque painter human painter

Guercino was a prominent 17th-century Italian Baroque painter known for his dramatic use of light and shadow and emotionally expressive religious and mythological works.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Guercino canonical 6
"Guercino" means "the squinter" in Italian 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painter ⓘ
Italian Baroque painter ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1666 ⓘ
activeYearsStart early 17th century ⓘ
birthName Giovanni Francesco Barbieri ⓘ
burialPlace Church of Santissimo Salvatore, Bologna ⓘ
commissionedBy Ludovico Ludovisi ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1591-02-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1666-12-22 ⓘ
employer Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
eyeCondition strabismus ⓘ
fieldOfWork fresco painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
mythological painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
influenced Benedetto Gennari II ⓘ
Carlo Cignani ⓘ
influencedBy Caravaggio ⓘ
Ludovico Carracci ⓘ
knownFor dramatic use of light and shadow ⓘ
emotionally expressive compositions ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
Bolognese School ⓘ
nameEtymology Guercino self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Guercino" means "the squinter" in Italian
nickname Guercino self-link ⓘ
notablePatron House of Ludovisi ⓘ
notableWork Aurora (Casino Ludovisi fresco) ⓘ
Et in Arcadia ego ⓘ
surface form: Et in Arcadia ego (Guercino)

St. Luke Drawing the Virgin ⓘ
surface form: Saint Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin

The Burial of Saint Petronilla ⓘ
The Flagellation of Christ ⓘ
The Return of the Prodigal Son ⓘ
occupation draftsman ⓘ
painter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cento ⓘ
Emilia-Romagna ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bologna ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studentOf Benedetto Gennari the Elder ⓘ
style chiaroscuro ⓘ
workLocation Bologna ⓘ
Cento ⓘ
Rome ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Masters → hasNotableExample → Guercino ⓘ
Antonio Ruffo → patronOf → Guercino ⓘ
Antonio Ruffo → commissionedWorkFrom → Guercino ⓘ
Guercino → nickname → Guercino self-link ⓘ
Guercino → nameEtymology → Guercino self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Guercino" means "the squinter" in Italian
Italian Baroque → hasKeyFigure → Guercino ⓘ
Mattia Preti → influencedBy → Guercino ⓘ