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Portrait of an artist

Drawing
ca. 1600-1666 (made)
Artist/Maker
Guercino (artist)

Drawing. Portrait of an artist, shown drawing a landscape with a quill pen.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitlePortrait of an artist (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink drawing on paper
Ink
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing by Guercino. Portrait of an artist drawing a landscape. Italy, ca. 1600-1666.
Physical description
Drawing. Portrait of an artist, shown drawing a landscape with a quill pen.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
  • Width: 18cm
Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981.
Style
Italian School
Subjects depicted
Artist
Portraits
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.25.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, pp.57-58 , cat. n. 719, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: GUERCINO Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666) 719 Portrait of an artist Pen and ink 8 3/4 x 7 1/8 (222 x 180) D•998-1900 PROVENANCE Dalton Bequest 1900 LITERATURE Dalton Catalogue, p. 11 (as by Guercino) The artist is drawing a landscape. The picture on the easel is of a female nude. The costume is of a type that was fashionable in the latter part of the 16th century. Two portrait drawings by Agostino Carracci, dated 1590, at Windsor Castle show a similar kind of dress (Wittkower, Windsor, pls. 27 and 28). Such clothes would have been very old-fashioned by 1616, when Guercino was twenty-five. It is unlikely therefore that a drawing that must be dated so early is by a pupil. Being in Guercino's manner, it must be by Guercino himself or a good copy of a drawing by him. It is not a self portrait. Ottavio Leoni's engraved portrait of him, dated 1623, shows a different face (Bartsch, 17, no. 18). Possibly a copy by Guercino or a pupil of a self portrait by another artist.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
D.998-1900

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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