Guercino, 1622 - Pope Gregory XV - fine art print

General information from The J. Paul Getty Museum (© - The J. Paul Getty Museum - The J. Paul Getty Museum)

" Slanting light falls across the upper section of the painting, placing the left side of the sitter's face in shadow. He looks out of the picture, his eyes expressing weary concern. Shown in the act of reading a book at a small table, he seems more scholarly and retiring than powerfully vigorous.

In 1621 Guercino was called to Rome from Bologna to paint this portrait of Pope Gregory XV. Although Guercino rarely painted portraits, he used a composition that had become a standard for papal portraiture since the Renaissance. But Guercino placed less emphasis on the trappings of power than earlier papal portraits and more on his subject's character. This portrait shows a keen psychological understanding of his patron's state of mind, capturing the pope at the end of his life, worn out by the cares of office and failing health. "

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"Pope Gregory XV" is a piece of art made by Guercino. Today, the piece of art belongs to the The J. Paul Getty Museum's art collection in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. With courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum (public domain).: . Moreover, alignment is portrait and has an image ratio of 1 : 1.4, meaning that the length is 29% shorter than the width. Guercino was a painter, whose art style was primarily Baroque. The Italian painter lived for 75 years - born in the year 1591 in Cento, Italy and passed away in 1666.

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