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A head of a woman with curly hair c. 1700-50
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone | 16.8 x 13.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903169
After Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
A head of a woman with curly hair c. 1700-50
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An offset of a drawing of the head of a woman seen in profile to the left; her nude right shoulder juts forward to the left, as if she were moving in that direction. Possibly for the same figure as that in RCIN 903014.
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
16.8 x 13.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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Other number(s)
RL 3169
