title: Gaspare Guercio
text: # Gaspare Guercio
  
  Gaspare Guercio (1611 - 1670/1679) was an Italian artist, nicknamed 'Guercio' and a major proponent of the Sicilian Baroque. He was principally a sculptor but also a designer of decorative schemes for architectural projects. He collaborated with his pupil Gaspare Serpotta, father of the more famous Giacomo Serpotta.
  
  ## Life
  
  Born in Palermo, he was trained in sculpture by his father, a reputed 'marmoraio' and sculptor in his own right.
  
  ## Works
  
  ### Other
  
  * St George Saving a Maiden, marble medallion, 1660, facade of Caccamo Cathedral.
  * Altarpiece, marble, Santa Maria Assunta Basilica, Randazzo
  * Saint Anne and the Virgin Mary as a Child, marble sculptural group, attributed, Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Burgio.
  