Lot Essay
SIR DENSI MAHON KINDLY CONFIRMED THE ATTRIBUTION AND DATED THE SHEET TO THE 1640S
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GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, IL GUERCINO (1591-1666)
AN EXTENSIVE HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH A HUNSTMAN AND OTHER FIGURES NEAR ISOLATED TREES BELOW A CASTLE ON A RIDGE
PEN AND BROWN INK, WATERMARK CROSSED ARROWS
10 X 16IN. (255 X 408MM.)
AN EXTENSIVE HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH A HUNSTMAN AND OTHER FIGURES NEAR ISOLATED TREES BELOW A CASTLE ON A RIDGE
PEN AND BROWN INK, WATERMARK CROSSED ARROWS
10 X 16IN. (255 X 408MM.)
Provenance
ANON. SALE, CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 4 JULY 1984, LOT 39
Literature
P. BAGNI, GUERCINO E IL SUO FALSARIO, , P. 25, FIG. 7
D.M. STONE, GUERCINO MASTER DRAFTSMAN, WORKS FROM NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTIONS, HARVARD, 1991, NO. 178, ILLUSTRATED
D.M. STONE, GUERCINO MASTER DRAFTSMAN, WORKS FROM NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTIONS, HARVARD, 1991, NO. 178, ILLUSTRATED