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Woman Soaking a Cloth in a Bowl Held by a Girl (copy from Guercino's Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene)

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Woman Soaking a Cloth in a Bowl Held by a Girl (copy from Guercino's Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene)

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

1591–1666

Medium

Red chalk

Tags

Girls Women Bowls

Dimensions

sheet: 10 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (25.7 x 22.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

1591–1666 • Papal States

Son of a laborer who transported wood. He was called Guercino (squinter), because he was cross-eyed or had a squint in his right eye. Reputedly self-taught early, then an apprentice in the shop of Benedetto Gennari. Patrons included the papal legate at Ferrara and the Archbishop of Bologna. He developed a classical style later in his career. After the death of Guido Reni, Guercino was the leading artist in Bologna. He is also known as a brilliant draftsman.

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