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

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Artist Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)(Italian (Bolognese), 1591–1666)Italian (Bolognese), 1591–1666

CultureItalian

Titles

Madonna and Child with Saint John The Baptist

Datec. 1616

PlaceItaly

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 29 1/2 × 23 in. (74.9 × 58.4 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1983.2

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

205 Vinson & Elkins Gallery

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceTronchin collection, Neufchâtel, France (the reverse of the original canvas bore two seals, one of which has been identified as that of the Tronchin family, of which two branches are recorded: Neufchâtel and Geneva; this picture has not been traced in the collection of François Tronchin of Geneva, whose pictures were sold in various sales in Paris between 1780 and 1801); [Sotheby’s, London, May 20, 1953, lot 122, as by Bartolomeo Schidone]; [Christie’s, London, March 23, 1973, lot 38]; private collection, Sweden; [Paul Drey Gallery, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1983.

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