Temporary exhibition
Guercino. The Triumph of the BaroqueMasterpieces from Cento, Rome and Polish Collections
Place: National Museum in Warsaw
Past
Project co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund
Project co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund
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14 May – 25 October 2026 Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture in Królikarnia
17 April – 13 September 2026 The National Museum in Warsaw
The exhibited works are going to include the most famous pieces from Italian collections: the Pinacoteca, churches and palaces of Cento, the painter’s home town, as well as the famous Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini (Barberini Gallery) in Rome. The public will have a unique opportunity to see one of the most intriguing and puzzling works in the history of modern painting: The Arcadian Shepherds – “Et in Arcadia ego” from the Barberini collection, which is rarely presented outside of Rome. The display of monumental paintings is going to be accompanied by drawing studies, sketches and prints. The retrospective exhibition at the National Museum in Warsaw is the first European presentation of the works of the Italian artist of such magnitude outside his homeland. The modern visual arrangement of the exhibition was devised by esteemed stage designer Boris Kudlička.
