About the Artwork
Head of a Man
between 1591 and 1666
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
1591-1666
Italian
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Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 6 1/8 × 7 1/2 inches (15.6 × 19.1 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S563
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in red pencil, verso: ( ) del Guercino
Provenance
(dealer, San Remo, Italy);March 1888, purchased by James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), Head of a Man, between 1591 and 1666, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S563.
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