Ugo Bozzi Editore is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of an updated edition of Luigi Salerno’s I dipinti del Guercino (Rome, 1988). That book—written in close consultation with renowned Guercino authority Sir Denis Mahon—was the first monograph on the artist, but is now seriously out of date. The pace of research has quickened appreciably, as is clear from the torrent of recent books, exhibition catalogues and other publications on the artist. This new information needs to be collated and synthesized in one place. The revision, generously supported by the Sir Denis Mahon Charitable Trust, has been undertaken by Nicholas Turner, who collaborated with the late Sir Denis for a decade from 1979 on the catalogue The Drawings of Guercino in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle (Cambridge, 1989). A 200-page introduction, lavishly illustrated in colour, will cover topics central to a better understanding of Guercino’s work. These include his ability to invent a constant stream of new figural poses and expressions, largely thanks to his time-saving practice of recycling favourite ideas from his immense archive of autograph drawings. Less well known is his frequent borrowing of figures from other artists, not only Italian, which he cleverly disguised to hide his source. The painter’s activity as a portraitist will be addressed, with several important previously unknown works brought into consideration. The introduction will explore the distinctive…