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Attributed to Guercino
1591-1666
Bust-length Portrait of a Woman in Profile
Pen and brown ink on paper.
3 3/4 x 3 3/16 inches (95 x 81 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.123
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription:
Inscribed on mount at lower left in graphite, "Guerchino".
Provenance:
Unidentified 18th-century English collector; Etienne Desperet (1804-1865), Paris (L. 721); purchased in Geneva in 1965 by Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see L. S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Desperet, E., 1804-1865, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Marciari, John. Guercino : virtuoso draftsman. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, in association with Paul Holberton Publishing, 2019, no. A7, repr.
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