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| Guercino (and assistants) Allegory of Painting Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco (grisaille) Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Allegory of Sculpture Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco (grisaille) Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Putto seated on Bracket Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Putto seated on Bracket Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
"According to [art historian Carlo Cesare] Malvasia [1616-1693], in 1615 Guercino painted the mural decorations in the house of Bartolomeo Pannini at Cento, which is confirmed by the date inscribed on one of the frescoes [directly above]. In 1840, when the house belonged to Francesco Diana, 140 frescoes were detached from the rooms, chimneybreasts and stairways and mounted on canvas by Giovanni Rizzoli (1799-1878) and then retouched by the restorer Giuseppe Guizzardi (1799-1861). A substantial portion eventually passed by descent to Marchese Pio Rosselli del Turco of Bologna, most of which were donated in 1945 to the Pinacoteca of Cento; others were inherited by Francesco Filipetti of Ferrara, who transferred some of them to his house in Venice."
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| Guercino (and assistants) Grazing Grey Horse (La Rozza) Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Antonio Tempesta Grazing Horse ca. 1590 etching British Museum |
"Most writers have contended that the majority of the frescoes – whose motifs are often based on prints by Antonio Tempesta [as directly above] – are by assistants."
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| Guercino (and assistants) Bird Hunt with Nets Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Bear Hunt Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Bear Hunt (detail) Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Lion Hunt Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Deer and Wild Boar Hunt Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Rabbit Hunt Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Ostrich Hunt Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Monkey Hunt Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Beaters driving Animals toward the Hunt Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Leopard Hunt Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Panther Hunt Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
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| Guercino (and assistants) Battle between Dog and Lion, with Dead Elephant Decorations of the Casa Pannini in Cento (Main Corridor) 1615-17 detached fresco Pinacoteca Civica, Cento |
– quoted texts from The Paintings of Guercino: a revised and expanded catalogue raisonné by Nicholas Turner (Rome: Ugo Bozzi Editore, 2017)