FORT WORTH, TX.- The Kimbell Art Museum of
Fort
Worth, Texas, has acquired the painting Christ and the Woman of Samaria,
dated
to 1619–20, by the Italian artist Guercino, one of the foremost painters
of his
time. The purchase was announced today by the Museum’s director, Eric M.
Lee.
The painting dates from Guercino’s early, rarest, and most desirable
period,
when the artist achieved acclaim for the emotional power of his
compositions. Also on exhibition is
Michelangelo’s first known painting, The Torment of Saint Anthony,
is
now on view among the permanent collection of the Kimbell Art
Museum.