Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
River Landscape with Figures in a Boat and Two Travelers in the Distance

CultureItalian
Titles
  • River Landscape with Figures in a Boat and Two Travelers in the Distance
Datec. 1620s–1640s
PlaceItaly
MediumPen and brown ink on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 10 5/8 × 16 3/8 in. (27 × 41.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2016.307
Non exposé

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ProvenancePrivate collection, France; [Old Master & British Works on Paper sale, Sotheby’s London, July 6, 2016, lot 222]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in pen and brown ink in artist's hand, lower left: 424
Verso: Inscribed in brown ink in 17th century hand: Guercino da Centro \ No. 60

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