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1 of 253523 objects
After Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
A friar with two doves c. 1700-50
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone | 21.8 x 20.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903146
After Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
A friar with two doves c. 1700-50
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An offset of a drawing of a friar, half-length, with his body facing the viewer and his head turned to the left. He leans his elbows on a ledge. There are two doves on the left, one sitting and the other flying away. The figure could be intended as a St Francis, who is known to have preached to birds.
This is one of 116 offsets not listed in Inventory A (RCIN 903079-903195). The following note in an old, but later, hand is found overleaf on p. 72 of the inventory: 'There appears to be no Catalogue of the drawings of Guercino, termed off-tracts contained in Volumes XV & XVI of his Works.'Provenance
Benedetto and Cesare Gennari; from whose descendants purchased by Richard Dalton for George III, c.1758-63
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone
Measurements
21.8 x 20.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 3146
