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
Assunzione della Vergine (1st half of the 17th century)
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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…
La Sibilla Samia (1651)
Guercino (1591-1666) La Sibilla Samia (The Samian Sibyl with a Putto) 1651 Oil on canvas, 218.5 × 180 cm National Gallery, London The Samian Sibyl was one of 12 pagan sibyls (or priestesses) who, like the Old Testament prophets, were…
Sibilla Cumana con putto (1651)
Guercino (1591-1666) Sibilla Cumana con putto (The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto) 1651 Oil on canvas, 222 x 168.5 cm National Gallery, London The Cumaean Sibyl is one of 12 pagan sibyls, or prophetesses, said to have foretold the coming…
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…
Amor virtuoso (c.1653)
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)…
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…
The Annunciation (1502-1503)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) The Annunciation c.1502–1503 Woodcut, 29.8 x 21.1 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Nemesis (c.1502)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Nemesis c.1502 Engraving, 32.6 x 22.4 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA