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

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

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

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