Landscape with Fortress and River

second half 18th century

Anonymous Artist

Associated Names
Anonymous Artist

Artist

Guercino

Artist After, Bolognese, 1591 - 1666

The image shows a landscape drawn with fine, detailed lines. In the scene, people are depicted sitting and walking on a gentle slope leading towards a bridge over a small waterway. Mountains and a distant structure with a tall spire are visible on the horizon. Closest to us is a large, round building with a dome and colonnade on the right side. Various figures are scattered throughout the scene. The sketch-like style uses sepia tones and features swirling trees on both sides.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper mounted on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.9 × 42 cm (11 × 16 9/16 in.)
    mount: 30.5 × 45 cm (12 × 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.83.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Francis H. Egerton, Eighth Earl of Bridgewater (1756-1829); Dr. Wilhelm Alexander Freund (1833-1917), Berlin (Lugt 954). (sale, Amsterdam, C. F. Roos & Co., 19-21 February 1906, no. 23 as Guercino); unidentified collector "DCB" (Lugt 735a); Jean Cantacuzène (1863-1934), Bucharest (Lugt 4030), by 1932; J. Curtis; Ian Woodner, New York; gift to NGA in 1978.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1932

  • Desenul Italian in Secolele al XVI-lea - XIX-lea, Muzeul Toma Stelian, Bucharest, 1932, no. 47, plate V (reproduced on title page)(as Guercino).

1971

  • Woodner Collection I: A Selection of Old Master Drawings before 1700, William H. Schab Gallery, New York and tour, 1971-72, no. 47 (as Guercino).

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 72 (as a work by Guercino).

Bibliography

1985

  • Bagni, P., IL GUERCINO E IL SUO FALSARIO, Bologna: 1985, 127 (falsario)).

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: in graphite in later hand, on mount, upper right: 20391 / 14 x 20; center verso: No 514; center right verso: Guerchin / 15

Wikidata ID

Q64533421