Fireworks in a Piazza

Quick Overview

Artist: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
Date: ca. 1618–23
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with gray and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint (?)
Dimensions: sheet: 7 5/16 x 10 3/8 in. (18.6 x 26.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession no.: 12.56.12

Samson Captured by the Philistines
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
1619 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00015116
The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
ca. 1650 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00015117
Youth in a Chariot with Attendant Young Woman
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
ca. 1621–23 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020055
Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (recto); Another Study of a Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (verso)
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
ca. 1620 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020056

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.