Studio of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino (1591-1666)

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Studio of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino (1591-1666)

The Personification of Astrology

38 x 31¼in. (96.5 x 79.5cm.)

Provenance

Count Girolamo Ranuzzi
Count Bianchetti
The Earl of Caledon
Anon. Sale; Christie's, 19 Oct. 1951, lot 82 (36gns. to Schaeffer)

Lot Essay

The figure is based on one of the daughters of Lot in Guercino's canvas of 1651 in the Louvre (L. Salerno, I Dipinti del Guercino, 1988, no.284). Guercino painted a 'Personification of Astrology' around 1650/55 (ibid., no.297)

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