A new exhibit is coming to The Ringling this October: Guercino’s Friar with a Gold Earring: Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Painter and Art Dealer, an international loan exhibition exploring a rare portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi by the Italian Baroque painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, also known as Guercino. The Ringling acquired the portrait in 2015.

Through 35 works from institutions in Italy and the United States—including oil paintings, miniatures in tempera on parchment, drawings, prints, and published writings of the period—the exhibition explores the portrait by revealing the fascinating life of Bisi, who was also known as Il Pittorino.