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After Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
St Onuphrius seated in a landscape c. 1700-50
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone | 30.5 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903078
After Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
St Onuphrius seated in a landscape c. 1700-50
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An offset of a drawing of St Onuphrius: seated on a rock in the centre, full length in profile to the left. He is nude but for a girdle of leaves. He reads from a book placed on a rock to the left, behind which is a tree. He supports his head in both hands and rests his elbows on the rock in front of the book.
RCIN 903078 and 903159 are offsets of the same drawing in the British Museum (inv. no. 1910-2-12-7). RCIN 903077 is an offset of a closely related but different rendering of St Onuphrius.
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.72: 'Ditto Ditto' i.e. 'A Hermit Saint call'd a Penitent']
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone
Measurements
30.5 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 3078
