Woman Soaking a Cloth in a Bowl Held by a Girl (copy from Guercino's Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene)

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

1591–1666 · Red chalk · Drawings and Prints

This sheet is clearly related to the two female figures - Irene with a young girl - seen at the far left of the "Saint Sebastian Tanded by Irene" painted by Guercino in 1619 (now Bologna, Pinacoteca Nazionale inv. 6483). However the Museum's drawing is in reverse of the figures in the Bologna canvas and may be a studio counterproof copy of an original drawing by Guercino.

Artist

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Date

1591–1666

Medium

Red chalk

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880