Guercino, 1600s, Oil on Canvas

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1600s guercino follower italian religious painting
beautiful oil painting on canvas depicting the penitent magdalene.
this important painting is unique … Read more 1600s guercino follower italian religious painting
beautiful oil painting on canvas depicting the penitent magdalene.
this important painting is unique in that it shows magdalene without her usual sensual characteristics.
her sagging breasts, absorbed air and expression of repentance make this work (perhaps a fresco detached from the wall and fixed on canvas) a small masterpiece.

this artwork, never before on the market, comes from an important european private collection

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giovanni francesco barbieri (february 8, 1591 – december 22, 1666), better known as (il) guercino (italian pronunciation, 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. His many drawings are noted for their luminosity and lively style.
guercino was recommended by marchese enzo bentivoglio to the newly elected bolognese ludovisi pope, pope gregory xv in 1621
the years he spent in rome, 1621–23, were very productive. From this period are his frescoes aurora at the casino of the villa ludovisi, the ceiling in san crisogono (1622) of san chrysogonus in glory, the portrait of pope gregory xv (now in the getty museum), and the st. Petronilla altarpiece for st. Peter's basilica in the vatican (now in the capitoline museums).
return to bologna
following the death of gregory xv in 1623, guercino returned to his hometown of cento.
in 1626, he began his frescoes in piacenza cathedral.
the details of his career after 1629 are well documented in the account book, the libro dei conti di casa barbieri, that guercino and his brother paolo antonio barbieri, a notable painter of still lifes, kept updated, and which has been preserved.
between 1618 and 1631, giovanni battista pasqualini produced 67 engravings that document the early production of guercino, which is not included in the libro dei conti.
in 1642, following the death of his commercial rival guido reni, guercino moved his busy workshop to bologna, where he was now able to take over reni's role as the city's leading painter of sacred subjects. In 1655, the franciscan order of reggio[clarification needed] paid him 300 ducats for the altarpiece of saint luke displaying a painting of the madonna and child (now in nelson-atkins museum of art, kansas city).
the corsini family also paid him 300 ducats for the flagellation of christ painted in 1657.
guercino was remarkable for the extreme rapidity of his executions: he completed no fewer than 106 large altarpieces for churches, and his other paintings amount to about 144.
he was also a prolific draftsman.
his production includes many drawings, usually in ink, washed ink, or red chalk.
most of them were made as preparatory studies for his paintings, but he also drew landscapes, genre subjects, and caricatures for his own enjoyment. Guercino's drawings are known for their fluent style in which "rapid, calligraphic pen strokes combined with dots, dashes, and parallel hatching lines describe the forms". This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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