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A Grain Merchant

Guercinoc. 1620

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

  • Title: A Grain Merchant
  • Creator: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
  • Date Created: c. 1620
  • Physical Dimensions: overall: 40.5 x 27.9 cm (15 15/16 x 11 in.)
  • Provenance: Jan van Rijmsdijk; John Thane (Lugt 1544); Thomas Dimsdale (Lugt 2426); Samuel Woodburn, London; Sir Thomas Lawrence; repurchased by Samuel Woodburn from Lawrence's estate; Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (Lugt 2710b) and by descent (Sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1972, no. 95 (as a "Fisherman"); (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London); NGA purchase in 1974.
  • Rights: CC0
  • Medium: black chalk heightened with white on laid paper prepared with brown wash
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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