Guercino’s Aurora Rediscovered
October 17, 2019 - February 15, 2020
Inaugural Exhibition for Christopher Bishop Fine Art’s new gallery location at 1046 Madison Avenue.
An exhibition focusing on a rediscovered painting, Aurora, and its preparatory drawing, Allegory of Vigilance, by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666).
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called il Guercino (1591-1666), Allegory of Vigilance, ca. 1662, red chalk on cream laid paper, 197 x 139mm. Collector’s mark of Giuseppe Vallardi lower left (Lugt 1223).
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called il Guercino (1591-1666), Aurora, 1662, oil on canvas, 99.7 x 80 cm
