Lot 3421* - A210 Old Master Drawings - Friday, 20. September 2024, 11.00 AM
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI IL GUERCINO
(Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
Study for an angel. Circa 1630.
Pen and brown ink.
13 x 14.8 cm (trimmed).
Literature:
Christel Thiem. Review of: Denis Mahon and Nicolas Turner. The drawings of Guercino in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. Cambridge, University Press 1989.In: Kunstchronik, ed. Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Year 44, June 91 issue 6, p.322, fig.3.
In a letter to Prof. Dr Christel Thiem dated 18 May 1990, Denis Mahon confirmed the authenticity of the study and suggested a date of ‘around’ 1630.
CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)
Sold for CHF 40 000 (hammer price)
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