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Shepherds Peering into a Chasm
Guercino1620s
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Shepherds Peering into a Chasm
- Creator: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
- Date Created: 1620s
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 20 x 27.8 cm (7 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: The artist's nephews, Benedetto and Cesare Gennari, Casa Gennari, Bologna; by descent to Carlo Gennari; Francesco Forni, Bologna; John Bouverie(d. 1750); his nephew, Mr. Christopher Hervey (d. 1786); his aunt, Elizabeth Bouverie (d. 1798); by inheritance to Sir Charles Middleton (1726-1813); by descent to his grandson, Charles Noel (1781-1866), who was created 1st Earl of Gainsborough in 1841; by descent to 3rd Earl of Gainsborough (sale, Christie's, London, 27 July 1922, lot not identified); A.G.B. Russell (Lugt Suppl. 2770a)(sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 May 1928, no. 61); Durlacher, New York; Mr. John Nicholas Brown, Providence; by inheritance to his children; gift to NGA in 1986.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper
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