Two Studies of a Kneeling Male Figure (recto); Handwritten letter (verso)
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) · ca. 1652
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds "Two Studies of a Kneeling Male Figure (recto); Handwritten letter (verso)," a drawing attributed to Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) and dated circa 1652. Executed in pen and brown ink, the sheet measures 17.7 x 16.9 cm (6 15/16 x 6 5/8 in.). The artwork was acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1963 and is classified under Drawings in the Department of Drawings and Prints.
The catalogue record does not provide information regarding the artwork's specific provenance, exhibition history, or any existing literature. No artist authority record is supplied for Guercino.
Other institutions, such as the Art Institute of Chicago, hold works by Guercino, including drawings like "The Entombment" (1656) and "Study for 'The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew'" (1635/36), alongside various landscape and genre scenes.
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