“Guercino, the Ludovisi era in Rome” exhibit at the Scuderie del Quirinale, October 30th, 2024.

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known to the world as Guercino, lived from 1591 to 1666.  He had been an Italian Baroque painter who worked in both Bologna (he was born in a city nearby) and Rome.

His years spent in the Eternal City were very productive as he worked under the guidance of the newly-elected Bolognese Ludovisi, Pope Gregory XV. 

The exhibit at Rome’s Scuderie del Quirinale, which are located right in front of the Quirinale presidential palace, consists of up to 100 paintings/sketches from Rome as well as from other Italian and European cities.  

The exhibit runs until January 26^th, 2025.