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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Phrygian Sibyl 1647 oil on canvas private collection, England |
"[The Phrygian Sibyl] is mentioned by [Carlo Cesare] Malvasia under 1647: 'una Sibilla Frigia per il sig. Marchese Girolamo Albergati Ambasciatore di Bologna a Roma'. The one and only payment for a Phrygian Sibyl in the account book is that of 21 May 1647, for which Girolamo Bolognetti, a senator of Bologna and the brother-in-law of Marchese Girolamo Albergati (1609-98), paid 70 ducats (87 ½ scudi). The price paid conforms precisely with Guercino's tariff, 50 ducats (64 scudi) for a half-length and 20 ducats (23 scudi) for a putto."
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Persian Sibyl 1647 oil on canvas Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome |
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| George Sigmund Facius and Johann Gottlieb Facius after Guercino Persian Sibyl 1797 colour stipple-engraving British Museum |
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| Ludwig Sommerau after Guercino Persian Sibyl 1780 engraving Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig |
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) All Saints in Glory 1647 oil on canvas Musée des Augustins de Toulouse |
"Malvasia reported that [All Saints in Glory] was executed in 1647 for the high altar of the church of the Sacre Stimmate, Modena. . . . It was requisitioned by the French in 1796, and in 1805, afer having been exhibited at the Louvre in 1798, was sent to Toulouse."
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) All Saints in Glory 1647 drawing (drapery study - Christ) Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| Giovanni Baratti after Guercino All Saints in Glory (detail of St Sebastian figure) ca. 1830-40 engraving Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Endymion 1647 (or 1644) oil on canvas Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome |
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Vision of St Bruno 1647 oil on canvas Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna |
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Vision of St Bruno (detail) 1647 oil on canvas Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna |
"Painted by Guercino, according to Malvasia, for the fathers of the Certosa of Bologna in 1647, [the Vision of St Bruno] earnt the artist the high price of 625 ducats (equal to 781 scudi). [Francesco] Scannelli summarized the arguments with which Guercino refused to finish an altarpiece left incomplete by [Guido] Reni, instead offering to make one of his own, unfettered by restrictions. The painting has always been much admired."
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Vision of St Bruno 1647 drawing (figure study - St Bruno) Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) St Gregory revealing Christ to the Souls in Purgatory 1647 oil on canvas Basilica di San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna |
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) St Gregory revealing Christ to the Souls in Purgatory 1647 drawing (drapery study - Christ) Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) St Gregory revealing Christ to the Souls in Purgatory 1647 drawing (drapery study - Christ) Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) St Gregory revealing Christ to the Souls in Purgatory 1647 drawing (figure study - St Gregory) Detroit Institute of Arts |
Рquoted texts from The Paintings of Guercino: a revised and expanded catalogue raisonn̩ by Nicholas Turner (Rome: Ugo Bozzi Editore, 2017)