Poppy Harvey-Jones
Head of Sale
Lot 4*
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called il Guercino(Cento 1591-1666 Bologna)A seated woman in profile, facing right unframed
9 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£15,000 - £20,000
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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called il Guercino (Cento 1591-1666 Bologna)
A seated woman in profile, facing right
pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper, laid down
22.6 x 17cm (8 7/8 x 6 11/16in).
unframed
pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper, laid down
22.6 x 17cm (8 7/8 x 6 11/16in).
unframed
Footnotes
Provenance
Casa Gennari (Fritz Lugt 2858c), with associated mount
Private Collection, USA
Guercino drawings mounted on sheets with these geometric borders are referred to as having 'Casa Gennari' mounts, although it is not known exactly where or when the distinctive mounts were applied. Both their design and the type of paper used suggest they were done in Italy, and they are almost exclusively seen on drawings either by Guercino or artists of his school. Many of those by Guercino show signs of having been torn from his sketchbooks.
We are grateful to Nicholas Turner for pointing out that this drawing must date from around 1635. A similar woman, also seen in profile and with her coiled hair balanced precariously on the side of her head, also ex-Casa Gennari, with similar border, is in the Fondazione Horne, Florence (inv. 5585). In the Florence drawing she is half-length and blows on a whistle.
