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Drawing

16th - 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Guercino (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Cupids playing near a mash-tub containing grapes, a naked man above; Slightly sketched in pen and bistre.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Slightly sketched in pen and bistre
Pen
Bistre
Drawing
Brief description
Guercino (ascribed to); Cupids playing near a mash-tub containing grapes, a naked man above; Slightly sketched in pen and bistre; Bolognese School; 16th - 17th century.
Physical description
Cupids playing near a mash-tub containing grapes, a naked man above; Slightly sketched in pen and bistre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.8in
  • Width: 10.3in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Bolognese School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Cupids
Man
Nude
Mash-Tub
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p.59 , cat. n. 725, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: school of GUERCINO 725 Sheet of studies: two pairs of playing putti, a vat full of grapes, a female nude, and the head and shoulders of a man Inscribed in pencil on the mount 'Guercino' Pen and ink 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 (196 x 267) Dyce 321 PROVENANCE Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 321 (as anonymous, 'ascribed to Guercino')
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.321

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Record createdSeptember 15, 2009
Record URL
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