An overlooked Guercino looked over: the place of St. Augustine in the artist's oeuvre

Argues that a painting of S. Augustine with SS. Monica and Agnes in S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, should be returned tot Guercino's oeuvre. The ascription to Guercino goes back to at least 1647, and was unbroken until 1986 when P. Bagni published his volume on artists who worked with Guercino. Bagni s...

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Author:Paul Joannides
Published: S.n., s.l., 1996
Volume:143
Pages:18-19
Periodical:Apollo
Number:411
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Person and Life > Augustin in the iconography
- Influence and Survival > Early Modern Period (1453-1789) > [Guerinco]
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:Argues that a painting of S. Augustine with SS. Monica and Agnes in S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, should be returned tot Guercino's oeuvre. The ascription to Guercino goes back to at least 1647, and was unbroken until 1986 when P. Bagni published his volume on artists who worked with Guercino. Bagni suggested the picture was by Zallone (BHA).

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