Paolo Antonio Barbieri

Paolo Antonio Barbieri (1603–1649) was an Italian painter who was the brother of Guercino.

The subjects of his pictures are flowers, fruit, and game, but he particularly excelled in painting fish, which he represented with astonishing fidelity.

From the school of Guercino, he learnt to use chiaroscuro and the vivacity of color, but – following a natural inclination – he dedicated himself to the "minor" genre of naturalistic painting, portraying landscapes, objects of common life, animals, flowers, fruit and still lifes, with a marked taste of composition and color.

The delicate trait and the striking vividness of his paintings brought him considerable fame.

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