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Oracle of DelphiGuercino: Mind to Paper
February 22nd 2007 23:16
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), nicknamed Guercino (“squinter”) after a childhood incident left him cross-eyed, is regarded as one of the most significant Italian artists of the Baroque period. A prolific and fluent draughtsman who was known as ‘the Rembrandt of the South’, he was hailed for his inventive approach to subject matter, his deftness of touch and ability to capture drama and movement. The exhibition reflects the artist’s extraordinary technical and stylistic versatility, and is the second joint exhibition to be organised as part of the Courtauld Institute of Art’s ongoing collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
It is focused around an important group of twenty-six drawings from the collection of Sir Robert Witt, bequeathed to the Courtauld in 1952. A number still retain the distinctive patterned ‘Casa Gennari’ mounts that originate from the studio of Guercino’s nephews and studio assistants, Benedetto and Cesare Gennari, to whom he left his entire stock of drawings. Guercino: Mind to Paper will be on view at the Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2, from 22 February to 13 May 2007.
It is focused around an important group of twenty-six drawings from the collection of Sir Robert Witt, bequeathed to the Courtauld in 1952. A number still retain the distinctive patterned ‘Casa Gennari’ mounts that originate from the studio of Guercino’s nephews and studio assistants, Benedetto and Cesare Gennari, to whom he left his entire stock of drawings. Guercino: Mind to Paper will be on view at the Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2, from 22 February to 13 May 2007.
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