One Hundred Details from Pictures in the National Gallery

This book focuses on 32 of the paintings by Guercino remaining in Britain, most of which are illustrated in colour. It includes an essay by Francis Russell on the collecting of, and taste for, Guercino in Britain, and an outline of Guercino's career by Michael Helston.

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This catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, focuses on 32 of the paintings by Guercino remaining in Britain, most of which are illustrated in colour. It includes an essay by Francis Russell, a director of Christie's, London, on the collecting of, and taste for, Guercino in Britain, and an outline of Guercino's career by Michael Helston, Curator of Spanish and later Italian painting at the National Gallery.