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A bearded man looking upwards c. 1650-1700
Red chalk, with slight touches of black chalk, heightened with white, on buff paper | 26.1 x 24.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 902590
Style of Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
A bearded man looking upwards c. 1650-1700
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A drawing of a man, seen head and shoulders, slightly turned to the left, and looking upwards with parted lips. The cape worn over the figure's shoulders might suggest that it was intended to represent a member of some religious order.
Provenance
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.63)
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk, with slight touches of black chalk, heightened with white, on buff paper
Measurements
26.1 x 24.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 2590
