FJK 065

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)

Portrait of a Woman Looking Down

ca. 1640 according to Denis Mahon
8 15/32 × 7 1/4 in. (215 × 184 mm)

Medium
Pen and sepia ink on paper

Origin

Earl Karl Cobenzl Collection (1712-1770) (Lugt 2858b)
Catherine the Great Collection, Empress of Russia, Saint Petersburg
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg (Lugt 2061)
Sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, April 29, 1931, no. 121
Private Collection
Sale, Christie’s, New York, January 12, 1995, no. 27
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 5315
Jan Krugier Foundation

Bibliography

DÜCKERS Alexander, Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 404, ill.

RYLANDS Philip, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 403, ill.

Exhibitions

Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, p. 132, no. 50, color ill. p. 133.

Notes

Sir Denis Mahon has kindly confirmed the attribution.

Request for information/loan

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