1st Earl of Leicester, his mount with the attribution 'Guercino' in William Kent's (?) hand
Literature
A.E. Popham and C.E. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall, Chicago, 1986, no. 145
Lot Essay
This drawing is comparable in type to the figure of Venus in Venus, Mars and Cupid of 1633 at Modena, L. Salerno, I Dipinti del Guercino, Rome, 1988, no. 151, illustrated