Head of Saint Francis
before c. 1632
Artist, Bolognese, 1575 - 1642
Artwork overview
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Medium
black, red and white chalk on blue laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (approximate): 24.3 x 21.5 cm (9 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1972.5.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
J. Richardson, Sr. (Lugt 2184); John Bouverie (died 1750; the Bouverie mark, Lugt 325, was probably applied at the time of the 1859 sale, below); his nephew, Mr. Christopher Hervery (d. 1786); his aunt, Elizabeth Bouverie (d. 1798); by inheritance to Sir Charles Middleton (1726-1813); by descent to his grandson, Charles Noel (1781-1866), who was created 1st Earl of Gainsborough in 1841 (sale, Christie's, London, 20 July 1859, lot 134); purchased by Allen, but remained in the possession of, or was acquired back by, the Earl; by descent within the family (sale, Christie's, London, 23 November 1971, no. 112); NGA purchase (via Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London) in 1972.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1925
Exhibition of Italian Art of the Seventeenth Century. Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1925, 46, no. 2.
1974
NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 30.
1981
Guido Reni: Zeichnungen, Albertina, Vienna, 1981, no. 105.
1982
Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections, 1500-1800, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, no. 38 (Catherine Johnston and Mimi Cazort).
2018
Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna, NGA, 2018.
Bibliography
1937
Kurz, Otto. "Guido Reni." Jahrbuch der Kusnthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien 11 (1937): 218.
1955
Kurz, Otto. Bolognese Drawings of the XVII & XVIII Centuries in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. London, 1955 (and reprinted Bologna, 1988): 120, under no. 354.
Inscriptions
in later hand, lower left verso in brown ink: Guido Reni
Wikidata ID
Q64572779