PAINTER

Guercino

1591 - 1666

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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666), better known as (il) Guercino (Italian pronunciation: [ɡwerˈtʃiːno] ), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guercino has received more than 333,667 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Guercino is the 267th most popular painter (down from 262nd in 2019), the 876th most popular biography from Italy (down from 862nd in 2019) and the 75th most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Guercino ranks 267 out of 2,023Before her are Antoni Tàpies, Francesco Hayez, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Giorgio Morandi, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Rosalba Carriera. After her are Jan van Goyen, Alessandro Allori, Pietro Lorenzetti, Martin Schongauer, Zeuxis, and Hendrick Avercamp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1591, Guercino ranks 4Before her are Mustafa I, Jusepe de Ribera, and Girard Desargues. After her are Louise de Marillac, Alexandre de Rhodes, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Valentin de Boulogne, Isabella of Savoy, Stanisław Koniecpolski, and Andrew Bobola. Among people deceased in 1666, Guercino ranks 6Before her are Anne of Austria, Frans Hals, Shah Jahan, Abbas II of Persia, and François Mansart. After her are Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Senhime, Luisa de Guzmán, and Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Guercino ranks 876 out of 5,161Before her are Giorgio Morandi (1890), Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), Alessandro Del Piero (1974), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Emilio Salgari (1862), and Rosalba Carriera (1673). After her are Tommaso Buscetta (1928), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797), Isabella d'Este (1474), Gian Maria Volonté (1933), and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (-102).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Guercino ranks 75Before her are Federico Barocci (1535), Salvator Rosa (1615), Gentile da Fabriano (1370), Francesco Hayez (1791), Giorgio Morandi (1890), and Rosalba Carriera (1673). After her are Alessandro Allori (1535), Pietro Lorenzetti (1280), Zeuxis (-500), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), François Gérard (1770), and Carlo Crivelli (1430).