3/4 Figure of a Man/Sketch for the Virgin Mary and a Saint

17th century

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guercino

Italian, 1591-1666

Sepia and wash on paper

7 3/4 x 5 9/16 in. (19.7 x 14.2 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Clark

55.66

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Published ReferencesThe Art Quarterly, Autumn 1955, p. 308.

Stone, David M., Guercino: Master Draftsman, 1991; cat. no. 158, reproduced pl. D, p. 232.

Mandowsky, Edna. Old Master Drawings: Seattle Art Museum Collection Guide. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 1980; cat. no. 18, p. 19 [as "Attributed to Guercino, (Francesco Barbieri)"].

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