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Guercino
1591–1666
Nationality: Papal States
Born: 1591, Cento
Died: 1666, Bologna
Gender: male
Movements
Baroque
Occupations
visual artist
designer
draftsperson
painter
Biography
Son of a laborer who transported wood. He was called Guercino (squinter), because he was cross-eyed or had a squint in his right eye. Reputedly self-taught early, then an apprentice in the shop of Benedetto Gennari. Patrons included the papal legate at Ferrara and the Archbishop of Bologna. He developed a classical style later in his career. After the death of Guido Reni, Guercino was the leading artist in Bologna. He is also known as a brilliant draftsman.
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Notable Works
- Venus and Cupid
- The Suicide of Cato
- Et in Arcadia ego
- Saint Gregory the Great with Jesuit Saints
- Landscape with bathing women
- Return of the Prodigal Son
- Madonna del Passero
- Aurora
- God the father and one angel
- The Burial of Saint Petronilla
- Samson Captured by the Philistines
- Ecce Homo
- Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- Drawings by Il Guercino
- Saint Joseph
- Saint Thomas Aquinas writing the hymn of the Holy Sacrament
- Martyrdom of Saint Maurelius
- Madonna and Child
- Cleansing of the Temple
- Cleopatra killing herself
- Madonna and Child in Glory with Saint Bruno
- Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene
- Martyrdom of Saint Peter
