GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, CALLED GUERCINO | ANGELICA AND MEDORO

GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, CALLED GUERCINO
Cento 1591 - 1666 Bologna
ANGELICA AND MEDORO

Pen and brown ink
257 by 296 mm; 10⅛ by 11⅝ in

Condition Report:
Laid down. The sheet seems to have been cleaned. There are a number of areas where the ink has sunk into the paper, visible in the darker areas within the figures' faces.

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Provenance:
Heinrich Beckmann (1874-1940), Bremen (L.2756a),

sold by order of his heirs, Berlin, R. Puppel, 27 February 1941, lot 150 (850 Reichsmarks);

with Day and Faber, London, 2005-6;

sale, London, Christie's, 4 July 2006, lot 28;

European private collection