Property from a Private Collection
Cesare Gennari
Saint John the Baptist
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拍品資料
描述
Property from a Private Collection
Cesare Gennari
Cento 1637 - 1688 Bologna
Saint John the Baptist
later inscribed on the reverse: Scola Bolognese Gurcino
and in another hand: Comprata dal signor / A.C. Onslow / per il signor Longfield / 30 giugno 1868
oil on canvas
unframed: 69 x 56 cm.; 27 1/8 x 22 in.
framed: 99 x 84 cm.; 39 x 33 1/8 in.
Giuseppe Valmori, Florence, January 1868;
Acquired by A.C. Onslow, 30 June 1868, on behalf of
Mr Longfield (probably Richard Edmund Longfield, b. 1842), Longueville House, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland (according to an inscription on the reverse);
Thence by descent, until acquired by the grandfather of the present owner, and by descent.
Another version of this composition, formerly in the Luigi Koelliker collection, Milan, is published in Nicholas Turner's recent catalogue raisonné as by Guercino.1
1 See N. Turner, The paintings of Guercino, Rome 2017, p. 600, cat. no. 309, reproduced.
