Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
A putto
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Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Bid
4,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
Cento 1591–1666 Bologna
A putto
bears inscription in brown ink, lower left: Gennari originale, and again in pencil, verso
red chalk
133 by 204 mm
Probably Felix (1860-1914) and Juan A. Bernasconi (1862-1920),
by inheritance to Marià Elvira Celia Méndez de Bernasconi (1927-2005), Buenos Aires (L.5374);
sale, London, Christie's, 1 April 1987, lot 65 (as Cesare Gennari, with another)
It has been suggested that the drawing may relate to Guercino's altarpiece of Virgin of the Rosary, with Sts. Dominic and Catherine of Siena, painted in 1641-42 for the Church of S. Marco Evangelista, Osimo, and still in situ.1 Despite the attribution to Gennari that is inscribed by a later hand, the drawing seems convincing as a study by Guercino himself.
1. N. Turner, The Paintings of Guercino, A Revised and Enlarged Catalogue Raisnonné, Rome 2017, pp. 569-70, cat. 279
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