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Attributed to Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
Two peasants, one holding a stick at the end of which is a snake
Pen and wash on buff paper | 32.1 x 44.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 902404
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A three-quarter length composition drawing in which one peasant stands on the right, holding the end of a stick so that the snake at the other end is pinned by its neck against a low brick wall; on the left, behind the tree-trunk above the wall, another peasant is apparently searching in undergrowth.
Provenance
Bequeathed by the artist to Benedetto and Cesare Gennari; from whose descendants purchased by Richard Dalton for George III, c.1758-63; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv.A, p.60)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and wash on buff paper
Measurements
32.1 x 44.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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Other number(s)
RL 2404
