GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, called IL GUERCINO (1591-1666)

Details

GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, called IL GUERCINO (1591-1666)

Mary Magdalene contemplating the Nails of the Passion

oil on canvas
26 1/8 x 22 1/8in. (66.3 x 56.2cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's, London, July 6, 1984, lot 4

Literature

L. Salerno, I Dipinti del Guercino, 1988, p. 230, no. 137, where dated to 1632

Lot Essay

The present painting may be that listed in Guercino's account books as paid for by Dottor Francesco Righetti in September of 1632 and January of 1633 (see J.A. Calvi, Notizie della vita e delle opere del Cavalier Giovan Francesco Barbieri detto il Guercino da Cebto, 1808, pp. 67-68)