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An old bearded man looking downwards c. 1700-50
Red chalk offset, retouched in red chalk of a darker tone | 22.4 x 16.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903175
After Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
An old bearded man looking downwards c. 1700-50
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An offset of a drawing of the head and shoulders of an old man, with his body covered by drapery. He looks down to the left. This offset is derived from a drawing by Guercino which was sold at Christie's, London, 30 March 1976, lot 44.
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
22.4 x 16.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 3175
