Giovanni Francesco Barbieri called il Guercino, attributed to
(1591-1666)
Head of a bearded old man, red chalk on laid paper, 9,4 x 7,4 cm, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Private collection, Italy.
A comparable head study in red chalk of the same man was sold in an auction at Sotheby's London, 4th Juli 1994 (lot 8). Both studies may relate to the head of God in the center of the ceiling fresco of the Cappella Barbieri (1643-1645) which was the chapel of the artist’s family in the Chiesa del SS. Rosario in Cento (see: Sir Denis Mahon, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Il Guercino 1591-1666, Exh. Cat. Bologna, 1991, Cat. 98D, Fig. p. 269).
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
27.03.2018 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 2,400.- to EUR 3,000.-
- Starting bid:
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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri called il Guercino, attributed to
(1591-1666)
Head of a bearded old man, red chalk on laid paper, 9,4 x 7,4 cm, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Private collection, Italy.
A comparable head study in red chalk of the same man was sold in an auction at Sotheby's London, 4th Juli 1994 (lot 8). Both studies may relate to the head of God in the center of the ceiling fresco of the Cappella Barbieri (1643-1645) which was the chapel of the artist’s family in the Chiesa del SS. Rosario in Cento (see: Sir Denis Mahon, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Il Guercino 1591-1666, Exh. Cat. Bologna, 1991, Cat. 98D, Fig. p. 269).
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.03.2018 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 17.03. - 27.03.2018 |