Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
The Madonna and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist

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
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
205 Vinson & Elkins Gallery
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Provenancethe artist, seventeenth century; Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval (1708-1792), Paris; by descent to his grandson, Charles-Gilbert, Vicomte Morel de Vindé (1759-1842) (Lugt 2520), Paris; [Samuel Woodburn, London, as of 1816]; Thomas Dimsdale, London (1758-1823) (Lugt 2426), London; [Samuel Woodburn, London, as of 1823]; sold, London, Christie’s, & Manson & Woods, Ltd., 16 June 1854, lot 004; Leonard Daneham Cunliffe (1840-1937), Trelissick House, near Truro, Cornwall; by descent to his step-daughter, Ida Copeland (1881-1964), Trelissick House; by descent, private collection; [sale, London, Bonham’s, Old Master Paintings and Drawings sale, 23 April 2008, lot 240 [illustrated] (as Guercino); Private collection, New York, until 2023; [W.M. Brady & Co., New York, as of 2023]; purchased by the MFAH, 2023
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]
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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