Seated Nude Boy Seen from the Back

Guercino

Artist, Bolognese, 1591 - 1666

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink and black chalk on brown laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 44.2 x 54.8 cm (17 3/8 x 21 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1973.30.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lord John Somers [1650-1716], England; Swiss private collection; Paul Drey Gallery; NGA purchase in 1973.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 32.

1991

  • Guercino, Master Draftsman, Works from North American Collections, Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1991; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1991: no. 64, mentioned 13, 146, 150, and Supplement checklist, 222, no. 159.

Bibliography

1993

  • De Grazia, Diane. Review of Guercino, Master Draftsman, Works from North American Collections, Master Drawings 31 (1993): 61.

  • Faietti, Marzia. "Two New Guercino Drawings in Bologna," Master Drawings 31 (1993): 48, 54, note 10.

Wikidata ID

Q64572419

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