Artist
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)(Italian (Bolognese), 1591–1666)Italian (Bolognese), 1591–1666
CultureItalian
Titles
- The Madonna and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist
Date17th century
MediumPen and brown ink with brush and brown wash on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 6 13/16 × 4 7/8 in. (17.3 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Art + Paper 2023
Object number2023.182
Non exposé
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in brown ink, bottom right corner: Geurcin. da Cento [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower center: A 3085 / 6 [underlined] / No 569 [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower center: A 3085 / 6 [underlined] / No 569 [cursive]
Recto: Signed in brown ink, bottom right corner: Geurcin. da Cento [cursive]
Verso: collector’s mark in black ink, bottom left corner: B [encircled] Thomas Dimsdale L 2426
Catalogue raisonnéMahon/Turner 2017, p. 000, illus.
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