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The Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist c. 1700-50
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone | 21.5 x 26.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 902963
After Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
The Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist c. 1700-50
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An offset of a drawing of the Madonna, seated half length on the left, holding a cup into which she is about to place some small object. In front of her is the Christ Child, with his back half turned away from the viewer. The infant Baptist, seated next to him on the right, looks up at the Madonna and holds his reed cross upright in his left hand.
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.69: 'Virgin Mary & St. John')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone
Measurements
21.5 x 26.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 2963
