Lot Essay
Sir Denis Mahon has kindly confirmed the attribution on the basis of a photograph. The drawing is datable to the late 1630s. It is not recorded that Guercino painted this subject.
Saint Carlo Borromeo embracing the Column of the Flagellation, holding the Holy Nails
Details
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Il Guercino* (1591-1666)
Saint Carlo Borromeo embracing the Column of the Flagellation, holding the Holy Nails
red chalk, watermark Orsini arms below A, minor losses
8 x 6 5/8 in. (205 x 167 mm.)
Saint Carlo Borromeo embracing the Column of the Flagellation, holding the Holy Nails
red chalk, watermark Orsini arms below A, minor losses
8 x 6 5/8 in. (205 x 167 mm.)
Provenance
G. Vallardi (L.1223).
C. Prayer (L. 2044).
Juan and Felix Bernasconi; Christie's, London, 7 July 1987, lot 81, illustrated (£4,950).
C. Prayer (L. 2044).
Juan and Felix Bernasconi; Christie's, London, 7 July 1987, lot 81, illustrated (£4,950).