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Guercino

Known as Guercino, or Le Guerchin, Giovan Francesco Barbieri (1591–1666) is the artist to whom CulturaItalia attributes the Sogno di San Giuseppe. The entry gives the dimensions of this work as 137 × 167 cm.

Works listed under his name by the Art Institute of Chicago include an Entombment dated 1656 and Damon and Pythias, dated 1632.

The Art Institute of Chicago also associates Guercino with the exhibition Pure Drawing: Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray Collection, presented from 25 January to 13 March, and then from 30 July to 12 October 2020.

This profile brings together identity references for Guercino and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

3 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Schuler. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.

Works recorded at auction

Dobiaschofsky · Lot 350

Copy

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Kopie
Öl auf Leinwand

Date to be documented

Published result : 6500 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 3000

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References excluded from statistics: attributions and special lots

These references are shown separately because of their attribution or lot composition. Each record states the reason.

Schuler · Lot 3305

Follower of Guercino — Angel in a violet liturgical robe

Oil on canvas mounted on hardboard

Original catalogue wording

Suiveur du Guerchin — Ange en vêtement liturgique violet
Huile sur toile montée sur panneau de fibres dures
Suiveur de Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri

Catalogue period : 2019-12-13

Follower of Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri

Published result : 2200 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 2000–3000

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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 306

Copy

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Kopie
Öl auf Leinwand
Kopie eines 1647 entstandenen Gemäldes von Il Guercino

Catalogue period : 2017-05-12

Copy of a painting executed in 1647 by Il Guercino

Published result : 2200 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 3000

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Sources and references

• Reference record
• AGORHA · Reference link only; no institutional text or image copied.
• ARTIC · Reference link only; institutional text and images are not reproduced.
• CULTURAITALIA-ICCU · CC-BY-SA; ICCU CulturaItalia
• ICCD-ArCo · CC-BY-4.0; Ministero della Cultura / ICCD-ArCo
• ICCD-ArCo · CC-BY-4.0; Ministero della Cultura / ICCD-ArCo
• LOMBARDIA-CULTURA · CC0-1.0
• LoC · Reference link only; institutional text and images are not reproduced.
• Met · CC0
• Met · CC0
• NDL · NDL Terms of Use (source attribution)
• NG-LONDON · CC0 structured identifiers; reference link only
• NGA · CC0
• Documentary source

SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19