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Study for the Figure of Semiramis
Details
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, IL GUERCINO (CENTO 1591-1666 BOLOGNA)
Study for the Figure of Semiramis
numbered 'P(?)4' (upper left)
pen and brown ink, pen and brown ink framing lines, on paper
5 1⁄8 x 6 ¼ in. (13 x 15.8 cm.)
Study for the Figure of Semiramis
numbered 'P(?)4' (upper left)
pen and brown ink, pen and brown ink framing lines, on paper
5 1⁄8 x 6 ¼ in. (13 x 15.8 cm.)
Provenance
Possibly Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744), London; and by descent to her grandson,
John Spencer (1708-1746), London and Althorp, (L. 2341a); and by descent to his son,
John, first Earl Spencer (1734-1783), Althorp; and by descent to his son,
George John, second Earl Spencer (1758-1834), Althorp; and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 January 2003, lot 49.
John Spencer (1708-1746), London and Althorp, (L. 2341a); and by descent to his son,
John, first Earl Spencer (1734-1783), Althorp; and by descent to his son,
George John, second Earl Spencer (1758-1834), Althorp; and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 January 2003, lot 49.
Literature
N. Turner, 'The First and Second Versions of Guercino's Semiramis Receiving a Messenger (1645) and Related Studio Copies, Artibus et Historiae, XXXVI, no. 72, pp. 349-351, ill., fig. 10.
N. Turner, The Paintings of Guercino. A Revised and Expanded Catalogue raisonné, Rome, 2017, p. 606, under no. 317.I.
N. Turner, The Paintings of Guercino. A Revised and Expanded Catalogue raisonné, Rome, 2017, p. 606, under no. 317.I.
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