Positive review of a new monograph on the Paduan painter Guariento di Arpo (doc. 1338, d. 1370). A critical summary of the chapters and catalogue raisonné is followed by general considerations regarding the book's subtitle ('court painter, master of the natural'). It is doubtful whether Guariento really was a court artist: according to the documents he was never a 'familiaris' of the Paduan court of the Da Carrara family and he never received a regular stipend. Whether 'naturalism' is the main characteristic of the painter's work can also be questioned. Guariento was rather the representative of an exuberant high Gothic style.