Guercino, Italian painter (born 1591)

Guercino

Italian Baroque painter and draftsman (1591–1666)

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as (il) Guercino, was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous naturalism of his early manner contrasts with the classical equilibrium of his later works.…