The Madonna and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist
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
Datec. 1615-16
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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Exhibition History"Old Masters" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, May 4-Nov. 23,2024 [Fourth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Beck Building 201-8, 210-212,217: No Catalog]
Published References M. Bénard, Cabinet de M. Paignon Dijonval, Paris, 1810, p. 33, under Guerchin, cat. 569, ‘’La Vierge tenant l’Enfant-Jésus ; il étend les bras pour recevoir un guirlande que lui offre le jeune St Jean : d. à la plume lavé de bistre sur papier blanc ; h. 6 po. sur 4 po.’’ Bénard, N., Cabinet de M. Paignon-Dijonval, état détaillé et raisonné des dessins et estampes dont il est composé … (Paris, 1810), p. 33, Cat. 569 (Guercino, La Vierge tenant l’Enfant-Jésus). N. Turner, The Paintings of Guercino, A Revised and Expanded Catalogue raisonné, Rome, 2017, p. 279, under cat. 22.I, fig. 22.I.a 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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