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School of Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
A woman with a large book c. 1650-1700
Pen | 21.0 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 902542
School of Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
A woman with a large book c. 1650-1700
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A drawing of a woman standing, over half length, and facing front. She holds a book open on a table to the right.
Etched in reverse by F. Bartolozzi (Boydell, I, 38; Calabi 2159).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.62: as 'A Sybil [sic] holding a Book open')
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Pen
Measurements
21.0 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 2542
