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Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (1624)

Guercino (1591-1666) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1624 Oil on canvas, diameter 68.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called il Guercino) created Rest on the Flight to Egypt as a…

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San Girolamo nel deserto (c.1650)

Guercino (1591-1666) San Girolamo nel deserto (St Jerome in the Wilderness) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 217 x 164.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg St Jerome (c. 340-420) was a biblical scholar and one of the fathers of the Church and…

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Santa Cecilia (1649)

Guercino (1591-1666) Santa Cecilia (Saint Cecilia) 1649 Oil on canvas, 121.6 x 100.4 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Saint Cecilia was a third-century Roman martyr according to the Christian tradition. Cecilia undertook a religious vow to remain a virgin, promising…

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Abramo ripudia Agar e Ismaele (1657)

Guercino (1591-1666) Abramo ripudia Agar e Ismaele (Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael) 1657 Oil on canvas, 115 x 152 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Guercino sets the story of Abraham, aged 100, casting out the slave Hagar and their…

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Cristo risorto appare alla madre (1629)

Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo risorto appare alla madre (The Resurrected Christ Appears to the Virgin) 1629 Oil on canvas, 260 x 179.5 cm Civica Pinacoteca Il Guercino, Cento Wrapped in a metallic-colored drapery, beautiful and solemn in his gait, with the flag…

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