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Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
A youth gaping at a bowl on a table c. 1620-40
Red chalk with slight stumping | 16.4 x 23.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 907214
Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
907214.jpg c. 1620-40
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A drawing of the head and shoulders of a young man in profile to the left; his lips are opened in a leering expression, revealing both rows of teeth; he gazes at a bowl with a spoon on a table in front of him. There is a stick propped against his left shoulder.
Provenance
From Consul Joseph Smith's caricature album; purchased by George III in 1762; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv.A, p.116: one of a group of caricature drawings ascribed to Guercino)
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk with slight stumping
Measurements
16.4 x 23.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 7214
