Guercino Self-Portrait

After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Italian

Publisher John Boydell British

1790–99

Not on view

The artist Guercino is shown at work painting of Cupid restraining a hunting dog by its collar. The print belongs to a group based on drawings in the British Royal Collection, re-published by Boydell in the 1790s as "'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi &c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty".

Artwork Details

Title: Guercino Self-Portrait
Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Artist: After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
Date: 1790–99
Medium: Etching, printed in brown ink; second state of two
Dimensions: Plate: 12 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (31.7 × 26 cm)
Sheet: 16 9/16 × 12 15/16 in. (42 × 32.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Object Number: 2018.839.142
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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