Case Study: Guercino in an Up-Close View The exhibit of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as the Guercino, is featured in Piacenza. A Baroque artist born in Cento, almost four hundred years ago in 1627 accomplished one of the most signicant works of his career as a painter: the magnicent cycle that decorates the dome of the Cathedral. The city is celebrating the 17th century painter with a great event, from 4 March to 4 June 2017, unfolding in a series of initiatives that connect two symbolic places of the city, the Cathedral and the Farnese Palace, in an evocative journey that allows you to admire some of the undoubted masterworks of the artist and to discover the discrete charm of a city rich of treasures. The visit starts at the Farnese Palace, which houses the Civic Museums, wi

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