Overview: This first American survey of Guercino paintings included 59 works from the National Gallery and from other public and private collections. The exhibition was organized in honor of the 400th anniversary of the artist's birth.

A recorded tour of the exhibition was narrated by Diane De Grazia. A special lecture series and slide lectures on Guercino and his contemporaries were presented in March and April. The exhibition was shown in conjunction with Guercino: Drawings from Windsor Castle.

Organization: The exhibition was organized by the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, and the National Gallery of Art. Diane De Grazia, curator of southern baroque painting, National Gallery of Art, selected the paintings to be shown at the Gallery in consultation with Sir Denis Mahon, a renowned expert on Guercino.

Sponsor: The exhibition was made possible by The Florence Gould Foundation and supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Other Venues:

• Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, 07/06/1991–11/10/1991
• Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 12/02/1991–02/09/1992