Guercino (1591-1666) Visione di santa Chiara (Vision of St Clare) 1615–1621 Oil on canvas, 50 x 37.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Visione di santa Chiara (1615-1621)
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Martirio di santa Caterina (1653)
Guercino (1591-1666) Martirio di santa Caterina (Martyrdom of St Catherine) 1653 Oil on canvas, 222.5 x 159 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Assunzione della Vergine (1st half of the 17th century)
Guercino (1591-1666) Assunzione della Vergine (Assumption of the Virgin) 1st half of the 17th century Oil on canvas, 307 x 332 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
San Gregorio e Santi (1625-1626)
Guercino (1591-1666) San Gregorio e Santi (Saint Gregory the Great with Saints Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier) c.1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 296 x 211 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece commemorates one of the most important events of the papacy…
Agar e Ismaele nel deserto confortati dall’angelo (1652-1653)
Guercino (1591-1666) Agar e Ismaele nel deserto confortati dall’angelo (The Angel appears to Hagar and Ishmael) 1652–1653 Oil on canvas, 193 x 229 cm National Gallery, London The story of Hagar and Ishmael is told in the Old Testament (Genesis…
Cristo morto compianto dagli angeli (c.1617-1618)
Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo morto compianto dagli angeli (Dead Christ mourned by Two Angels) c.1617–1618 Oil on copper, 36.8 x 44.4 cm National Gallery, London This small painting depicts a solemn religious scene. Two angels kneel in quiet contemplation next to…
Visione di sant’Agostino (1636)
Guercino (1591-1666) Visione di sant’Agostino (Saint Augustine meditating on the Trinity) 1636 Oil on canvas, 185 x 166 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid According to this saint’s story, he was walking along the seaside meditating about the mystery of the…
San Pietro liberato da un angelo (c.1622)
Guercino (1591-1666) San Pietro liberato da un angelo (Saint Peter freed by an Angel) c.1622 Oil on canvas, 105 x 136 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A youthful looking angel with curly hair imperiously points out the path of freedom…
Birth of the Virgin (c.1503)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Birth of the Virgin c.1503 Woodcut, 29.5 x 20.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Angelo con il titolo della croce (c.1667-1668)
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Angelo con il titolo della croce (Angel with the Superscription) c.1667–1668 Terracotta, 28.9 x 17.1 x 13.8 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA