Lot 48
48
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Il Guercino* (1591-1666)

Studies of three Putti playing

Details
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Il Guercino* (1591-1666)
Studies of three Putti playing
with the sketch of a woman in red chalk (verso); with inscriptions 'Noury' and 'Guerchin'
black chalk, pen and brown ink (recto)
7 1/8 x 9 in. (181 x 229 mm.)
Provenance
Pseudo-Crozat (L. 474) with his related number '113'.
Conseiller Nourri, according to an inscription '5910 Nouri'; possibly his sale Paris, 24 February-14 March 1785.

Lot Essay

Sir Denis Mahon kindly confirmed the attribution on the basis of a photograph and added that it is unlikely that the drawing dates from early in Guercino's career.
Counselor Nourri's collection was auctioned in Paris in 1785 and included 168 paintings, 1,037 drawings, 106 prints and sixteen pieces of sculpture.