Guercino (1591-1666) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 89 x 75.7 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Typical of Guercino‘s early, pre-Roman phase are the very delicate gradations of the main sections, shimmering…
Guercino (1591-1666) San Luca dipinge la Vergine (St Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin) 1652–1653 Oil on canvas, 220.98 x 180.34 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City
Guercino (1591-1666) Resurrezione di Lazzaro (Raising of Lazarus) c.1619 Oil on canvas, 201 x 233 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Guercino (1591-1666) La vergine con san Pietro piangente (St Peter Weeping before the Virgin) 1647 Oil on canvas, 122 x 159 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Guercino (1591-1666) Semiramide chiamata alle armi (Semiramis called to Arms) 1645 Oil on canvas, 130 x 152 cm Private collection
Guercino (1591-1666) Semiramide riceve la notizia della rivolta di Babilonia (Semiramis Receiving Word of the Revolt of Babylon) 1624 Oil on canvas, 112.4 x 154.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Interrupted at her toilette by news of a revolt,…
Guercino (1591-1666) Martirio di santa Caterina (Martyrdom of St Catherine) 1653 Oil on canvas, 222.5 x 159 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Guercino (1591-1666) Deposizione nel sepolcro (The Entombment) 1656 Oil on canvas, 146.7 x 221.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Guercino’s career is unusually well documented, in part due to the survival of his account books, which reveal that he…
Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo e l’adultera (The Woman taken in Adultery) c.1621 Oil on canvas, 98.2 x 122.7 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London In the Gospel of John – in the New Testament of the Bible, according to the Christian tradition…
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…