Live Auction 1578A Townhouse off Grosvenor Square: The Collection of Dr. Peter D. Sommer
Circle of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Il Guercino (Cento 1591-1666 Bologna)
Lot 120

Circle of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Il Guercino (Cento 1591-1666 Bologna)

Jacob mourning over Joseph's coat

Closed4 December 2014

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GBP 11,875

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Circle of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Il Guercino (Cento 1591-1666 Bologna)
Jacob mourning over Joseph's coat
oil on canvas
30¼ x 25½ in. (76.7 x 64.8 cm.)

(Possibly) Prince Don Urbano Barberini (inventory of 1686, no. 71: 'Una Testa d'un Santo alta p. 3, e larga p. 2 incirca, con le mani, che tiene un panno bianco…mano del Guercino').
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 December 1992, lot 7, as 'Guercino'.

Specialist note

Formerly attributed to Guercino, the composition relates closely to a painting in the Bob Jones University collection, Greenville (see L. Salerno, I dipinti del Guercino, Rome, 1988, p. 405, no. 346).