GUERCINO
(b. 1591, Cento, d. 1666, Bologna)

The Resurrected Christ Appears to the Virgin

1629
Oil on canvas, 260 x 179 cm
Pinacoteca Comunale, Cento

This one of the numerous paintings conserved in the native city of the artist. It is a significant work from the transition period of the artist after the agitated phase of his youth and before his classicism in Rome.