Lot 17
  • 17

After Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino
  • Saint Jerome
  • oil on canvas
  • 50 3/4 by 55 in.
  • 129 by 139.5 cm.

Condition

Lined canvas. Vertical seam in canvas across the center. A dent with paint loss at center left and several others at center right; a circular repair above the figure's hands. The entire surface with craquelure or paint lifting (now stabilized) and spots of repair: very dirty.
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Catalogue Note

This work repeats a composition by Guercino presently in a private collection, Rome.