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گوئرچینو
Sign in to saveAlso known as Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, B. Guercino da Centro, Barbieri, Barbieri da Cento, Barbieri detto Il Guercino, Barbieri dit le Guerchin, Barbieri Gen. Guercino, Barbieri Gio. Francesco Gen. Guercino
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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known by the pseudonyms Guercino and Il Guercino, was an Italian painter, draftsperson, and designer active during the Baroque movement. Born in Cento in 1591, he worked primarily in the geographical region of Italy and held citizenship in the Papal States. Barbieri studied under Benedetto Gennari and taught Domenico Maria Canuti. He specialized in portrait and religious painting, with notable works including *Et in Arcadia ego* and *Assumption of the Virgin Mary*.
Barbieri died in Bologna on December 22, 1666, and was buried at Santissimo Salvatore. His artworks are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Museo del Prado, and Art Institute of Chicago. Descriptions of his life and work appear in sources such as *Het Gulden Cabinet*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition. He spoke Italian and is recorded as having created 36 works.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Artist.name
- Guercino
- Artist.image
- Self-portrait by Guercino.jpg
- Artist.caption
- Self portrait,
- Artist.birth_name
- Giovanni Francesco Barbieri
- Artist.birth_place
- Cento, Duchy of Ferrara
- Artist.death_place
- Bologna, Papal States
- Artist.known_for
- Painting, drawing
- Artist.movement
- Baroque
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Papal States
- Place of birth
- Cento
- Place of death
- Bologna
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Student of
- Benedetto Gennari
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- religious painting
- Movement
- Baroque
- Image
- Self-portrait by Guercino.jpg
- Work location
- Geographical region of Italy
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- Commons category
- Guercino
- date of death
- 1666-12-22
- date of birth
- 1591-02-08
- Commons Creator page
- Guercino
- student
- Domenico Maria Canuti
- has works in the collection
- Royal Palace of Naples
- pseudonym
- Guerchin
- place of burial
- Santissimo Salvatore
- name in native language
- Giovanni Francesco Barbieri
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to گوئرچینو, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![[Landscape Study]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fbasire-j-ab3-0009%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Landscape Study]
A man and a woman fighting
![[Virgin, Infant, and Joseph, with an Angel playing on a Violin; St. Family with an Angel Playing on the Violin]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fbartolozzi-f-ab3-0123%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Virgin, Infant, and Joseph, with an Angel playing on a Violin; St. Family with an Angel Playing on the Violin]
![[Study of Figures]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fbartolozzi-f-ab3-0177%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Study of Figures]
![[Young Woman lying down with a Child]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fbartolozzi-f-ab3-0157%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Young Woman lying down with a Child]
Svätý Pavol
Study of a Sybille
Christ crowned / Christus gekrönt
Le Christ couronné/Christ crowned/Christus gekrönt
Saint Francis
Shooting Putto. Study of a teaching Christ or St. John’s wort
Angel
The Prodigal Son
God Father/Padre Eterno
Madonna della Rondinella
Ecce Homo
Judith with the head of the Holofernes
Santa Margherita da Cortona
Praying Mary
Anche in Arcadia, la morte
Monk with crucifix
Mater Dolorosa
Saint Francis
Magdalena as a Büsserin
Madonna with Child
Saint Peter raising Tabitha
Landscape with waterfall
Ecce homo
Tree Study
The Burial of Saint Petronilla
Throne Madonna with Saints
La Maddalena contemplando gli Strimenti della Passione
Locked head of a disciple with a cap like hat
The Burial of Saint Pertonilla
Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barberi da Cento dello il Guercino [Texto impreso]
The Generation of Lazarus