Standing Youth Seen from Behind Holding a Bowl (Ganymede?)
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
ca. 1635–45
Medium
Red chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (26.7 x 19.1 cm).
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.75.2
Tags
MenBowls
About the Artist
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) · 1591–1666
Guercino — the nickname meaning "squint-eyed" — was born Giovanni Francesco Barbieri in Cento, near Ferrara, in 1591. Largely self-taught in his early years, he absorbed the dramatic chiaroscuro of Ludovico Carracci's work in Bologna and the naturalistic innovations spreading from Caravaggio's circle, forging from these influences a highly personal style of extraordinary expressive power. By his e...