Guercino
1591–1666 · Baroque · 6 works
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri was called Guercino for his pronounced squint. Born at Cento, near Bologna, and largely self-taught, he joined the strong light and shade of Caravaggio to a softness of his own. In 1621 he was invited to Rome to work for Pope Gregory XV, and after Guido Reni’s death he became the leading painter in Bologna.
6 works · 1618–1656
1618–1632 · 3 works
Walk these 3
1633–1656 · 3 works
Walk these 3Italian painters from the 1620s to the 1660s. Artemisia Gentileschi, the century’s most celebrated woman painter, worked across Italy and in London. Guido Reni, in his lifetime the most famous painter in Italy, ran a busy studio in Bologna, where Guercino became the leading painter after Reni’s death. The unconventional Salvator Rosa painted wild landscapes and allegories.
In the museum: Baroque room · 1 work
Adriaen van Ostade
The Painter, c. 1647
Aelbert Cuyp
View of IJsselmonde Seen Across the New Maas, c. 1640
Agostino Carracci
The Sacrifice of Pelias to Neptune, 1584
