Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew"

Provenance

Hugo L. Loewe, Berlin; by descent to his daughter, Marie Louise Pritchard, Chicago [according to a letter from Norman Pritchard dated July 3, 1961 in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute, 1960.

Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew"

Guercino

1635/36

Accession Number

12553

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, edge mounted under blue wove paper

Dimensions

29.7 × 20.4 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Marie Louise Pritchard