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After Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
Pietà c. 1700-50
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone | 20.0 x 30.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903033
After Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
Pietà c. 1700-50
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An offset of a full-length composition drawing, in which the body of Christ is propped against a block of stone with his legs extended to the right. The Madonna, clad in voluminous robes, kneels to the right and takes Christ's hand in hers, as if to kiss it.
This is probably offset from a preliminary drawing for the painting of the Pietà, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, for which Guercino received payment in December 1638.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.71)
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone
Measurements
20.0 x 30.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 3033
