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

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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

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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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