ATTRIBUTED TO CESARE GENNARI | SAINT AGNES

Anonymous sale, Rome, Christie's, 4 December 2000, lot 610 (as Circle of Guercino);

There acquired.

Following the footsteps of many of his family members, Cesare would join the workshop of Guercino in Bologna in 1672. The prime version of this painting by Guercino, a half length Saint Agnes acquired by the Cardinal Alderano Cybo in 1652, is now lost, while a later version from circa 1660 is in a private collection [1]. Attesting to the popularity of this composition are a number of versions known by Guercino and his workshop, likely executed to satisfy the demands of his patrons.

1. N. Turner, The Paintings of Guercino: A Revised and Expanded Catalogue raisonné, Rome 2017, p. 769.