Landscape with the Taming of a Horse, 1620/1630

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink (iron gall) with brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 18.8 x 26.5 cm (7 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brooks, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.67.1

Artists / Makers

Guercino (artist) Bolognese, 1591 - 1666

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower right in brown ink: di Gio: Fran.co Barbieri da / Cento; and in a different hand, below: 68

Provenance

Possibly Pierre Crozat [1665-1740], Paris; Jean de Jullienne [1686-1766], Paris; (his sale, Paris, 30 March - 22 May 1767, no 437); to Pierre François Basan [1723-1797] (apparently for an Englishman who defaulted on his payment, so the drawing remained with Basan). Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brooks; gift 1990 to NGA.

Associated Names

Brooks, Harry A., Mr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.60.