The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga, by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), ca. 1650
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The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)

ca. 1650

Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
140 x 106 in. (355.6 x 269.2 cm)
Culture
Italian
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Paintings
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1973
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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