Lot Essay
Nicholas Turner has confirmed the attribution on studying the drawing in the original.
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A seated sybil looking up to the left, half-length, resting her hand on a book
Details
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino (Cento 1591-1666 Bologna)
A seated sybil looking up to the left, half-length, resting her hand on a book
pen and brown ink, brown and grey (later?) wash (small losses)
6 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (155 x 168 mm.)
A seated sybil looking up to the left, half-length, resting her hand on a book
pen and brown ink, brown and grey (later?) wash (small losses)
6 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (155 x 168 mm.)
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