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Drawing

ca. 1610-1666 (made)
Artist/Maker
Guercino (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Young female seated in a car, reading earnestly, and attended by Time and Cupid, both of whom are holding hour glasses; Pen and bistre, washed; the background tinted grey; Signed Guarchin da Cento.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and bistre, washed; the background tinted grey
Pen
Bistre
Drawing
Wash Technique
Brief description
Guercino; Young female seated in a car, reading earnestly, and attended by Time and Cupid, both of whom are holding hour glasses; Pen and bistre, washed; the background tinted grey; Signed 'Guarchin da Cento'; Bolognese School; ca. 1610-1666.
Physical description
Young female seated in a car, reading earnestly, and attended by Time and Cupid, both of whom are holding hour glasses; Pen and bistre, washed; the background tinted grey; Signed Guarchin da Cento.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8in
  • Width: 10.9in
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
Marks and inscriptions
Signed Guarchin da Cento.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Collection - Jan Pieter Zoomer.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Hour-Glass
Time
Cupid
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.57 , cat. n. 718, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: GUERCINO Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666) 718 An allegory: a young woman seated upon a throne among the clouds, reading a book; below her a crouching figure of Time; above her a flying putto Inscribed in ink in an old hand 'Guerchin da Cento' Pasted on the back of the mount an extract from a printed catalogue in French describing the drawing and stating that it had been in the Zoomer collection Pen and ink and wash 9 3/4 x 11 1/8 (248 x 283) Dyce 306 PROVENANCE. J. P. Zoomer (?) (in the right hand bottom corner a collector's mark appears to have been cut away, but the upper part of a cartouche which remains is like that in Zoomer's mark, Lugt 1511); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 306 (as by Guercino) The sheet has been cut irregularly at the top and laid down on another piece of paper. The hour-glass which the putto holds was inserted at a later date on the new sheet.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.306

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Record createdSeptember 15, 2009
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