Giovanni Francesco Barbieri

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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino, was a prominent Italian Baroque painter renowned for his dramatic use of light and shadow and emotionally expressive religious and mythological works.

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instanceOf Baroque painter
draftsman
human
mythological painter
painter
activeYearsEnd mid 17th century
activeYearsStart early 17th century
birthName Giovanni Francesco Barbieri NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Italy
dateOfBirth 1591-02-02
dateOfDeath 1666-12-22
employer Papal court NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Italian
eyeCondition strabismus
genre history painting
mythological painting
portrait
religious art
hasAlias Guercino NERFINISHED
Il Guercino NERFINISHED
influenced later Baroque painters in Bologna
influencedBy Caravaggio NERFINISHED
Ludovico Carracci NERFINISHED
movement Baroque
Bolognese School NERFINISHED
nameEtymology Nickname "Guercino" refers to his squint
notablePatron Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi NERFINISHED
Pope Gregory XV NERFINISHED
notableWork Aurora (Casino Ludovisi fresco) NERFINISHED
Et in Arcadia ego (Guercino) NERFINISHED
Saint Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin NERFINISHED
The Burial of Saint Petronilla NERFINISHED
The Flagellation of Christ NERFINISHED
The Return of the Prodigal Son NERFINISHED
The Samian Sibyl NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Cento NERFINISHED
Emilia-Romagna NERFINISHED
Papal States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Bologna NERFINISHED
Emilia-Romagna NERFINISHED
style chiaroscuro
dramatic lighting
emotional expressiveness
workLocation Bologna NERFINISHED
Cento NERFINISHED
Rome

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Guercino birthName Giovanni Francesco Barbieri