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Christ driving the Moneylenders from the Temple c. 1700-50
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone | 24.6 x 27.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903034

After Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
Christ driving the Moneylenders from the Temple c. 1700-50
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An offset of a half-length composition drawing in which Christ, dressed in flowing garments, is at the centre and moves towards the right, while raising a three-thonged whip to strike a man on the right who cringes from him. The man tries to protect himself and clutches a purse on the table in the foreground. To the left, behind the figure of Christ, a woman carries a sack on her head, and a basket over her arm. Other figures are partially visible in the background.
This offset is related to a drawing made in preparation for a painting of Christ driving the Moneylenders from the Temple now lost. The full-length composition is untraced, but its appearance is preserved in a full-size workshop copy in the Galleria di Palazzo di Rosso at Genoa.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
24.6 x 27.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 3034