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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666)

• He is better known as Guercino, or il Guercino.
• He was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman.
• From Cento in the Emilia region.
• Barbieri was active in Rome and Bologna.
• His many drawings are noted for their luminosity and lively style.
• Mainly self-taught, at the age of 16, he worked as apprentice in the shop of Benedetto Gennari, a painter of the Bolognese School.
• Guercino continued to paint and teach until his death in 1666, amassing a notable fortune.
• As he never married, his estate passed to his nephews and pupils, Benedetto Gennari II and Cesare Gennari.
• Other pupils include Giulio Coralli, Giuseppe Bonati of Ferrara, Cristoforo Serra of Cesena, Father Cesare Pronti of Ferrara, Sebastiano Ghezzi, Sebastiano Bombelli, Lorenzo Bergonzoni of Bologna, Francesco Paglia of Brescia, Benedetto Zallone of Cento, Bartolomeo Caravoglia, and Matteo Loves.
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