Guercino

Provenance

From an album of 28 drawings by Guercino, purchased, probably in Bologna or Florence, between 1741 and 1746, by John Chaloner Chute (1701-76), who was resident in Italy during that period, and thence by descent in the Chute family, the Vyne, Basingstoke, Hants
Their sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 June, 1949, nr. 1, where purchased by
R. E. A. Wilson (who broke up the album, selling the drawings individually)
Private Collection, UK
Sale Bonhams, London, 8 July 2015, nr. 8 (bought in)
Sale Bonhams, London, 6 July 2016, nr. 60 (bought in)

Other works by Guercino

A seated female nude (Bathsheba)

Head of boy, in profile to the left

Cupid standing with a bow

The Magdalen

Study for an executioner