Guercino (1591-1666) Amor virtuoso (Cupid Spurning Riches) c.1653 Oil on canvas, 99 x 75 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The papal nuncio to Spain, Camillo Massimo (1620–1677), presented Guercino’s Cupid spurning Riches and Guido Reni’s Cupid with a Bow (P150)…
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…
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…
Guercino (1591-1666) Maddalena penitente (Mary Magdalene in Penitence) 1645–1649 Oil on canvas, 119.8 x 101.2 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Mary Magdalene is one of the most famous saints in Christianity, for having known Christ and because she represented the…
Guercino (1591-1666) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1617 Oil on canvas, 176 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Historian Denis Mahon has masterfully shown that this painting and two other famous works by Guercino –Lot and…
Saint Gregory the Great (c.540–604) Pope Gregorius I (590–604) Saint Gregory in Art: Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Polittico di San Gregorio 1473 Museo Regionale, Messina Guercino (1591-1666) San Gregorio e Santi c.1625–1626 National Gallery, London Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-c.1440) Santi…
Cities: • Alexandria • Cairo • Faiyum • Philae Egypt in Art: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Death of the Pharaoh’s Firstborn Son 1872 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912)…
Museums: • Galleria Estense: Largo Porta Sant’Agostino 337, 41121 Modena, Italia Modena in Art: Guercino (1591-1666) Madonna coi santi protettori di Modena 1651 Musée du Louvre, Paris Births: • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1610-1658) See also:…
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