Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino) (b. Cento 1591, d. Bologna 1666)
The rape of Persephone. Verso A study of Sisyphus. Unsigned. Inscribed on the reverse L. Giordano. Pen and brown wash on paper. Sheet size 247×166 mm. Unframed.
Provenance: Julius Kronberg (1850–1921), Swedish painter and professor at the academy of fine arts, Stockholm.
We are grateful to Chris Fischer, Head of Centre for Advanced Studies in Master Drawings, for supporting the attribution to Guercino.
Condition report on request. Please contact: fine-art@bruun-rasmussen.dk
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Paintings and drawings, 26 November 2019