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Guercino

110 works

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Charcoal study of a nude seated young man leaning forward, with a reclining figure below, on toned paper.

Study of a Seated Young Man

about 1619

Caricature of Two Men Seen in Profile

about 1635

Pen and brown ink drawing of a round fortified tower, arched harbor walls, figures on a quay, and a sailing ship at right.

Landscape with a View of a Fortified Port

about 1635

A Seated Young Woman Looking Over Her Shoulder

early-mid-17th century

A Falconer in Profile to the Right

ca. 1640

Three red chalk studies of a veiled, mourning woman with bowed head and draped cloth, on a tan sheet.

Madonna Mourning: Studies for the Entombment of Christ

c. 1656

Charcoal drawing of a seated nude boy seen from behind, shaded on brown paper.

Seated Nude Boy Seen from the Back

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man leaning on a grain sack, glancing sideways at the viewer, on brown toned paper.

A Grain Merchant

1620

Pencil sketch of religious figures including a mitred bishop, a kneeling man and a standing youth with a staff, with clouds a

Madonna and Child with Saints Gimignano, John the Baptist, George and Peter Martyr

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family resting with a donkey, an angel, and a distant town.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1626

The Angel of the Annunciation

1638

Brown wash drawing of shepherds with staffs beside a rock, with figures and a tower on a distant hill.

Shepherds Peering into a Chasm

1620

Red chalk drawing of two seated figures, a woman at left and a bare-chested man at right, with loose drapery lines.

Amnon and Tamar

1649

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a waterfall, cliffs, a stream, a tree and small figures.

Landscape with a Waterfall

Brown ink drawing of a man with a whip facing a rearing horse beside a tree in an open landscape.

Landscape with the Taming of a Horse

1620

The Madonna and Child with an Escaped Goldfinch

1630

Pen and brown ink drawing of an older bearded man embracing a barefoot younger man beside steps.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

1640

Pen and wash drawing of two muscular nude men raising clubs above serpent heads, Guercino, 1618.

Hercules Slaying the Hydra

1618

Erminia

1648

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular Hercules standing on a hydra, leaning on a club, with sketches at right.

The Triumphant Hercules with the Vanquished Hydra

c. 1618

Red chalk drawing of a young woman's head turned left, with curly hair and sketched shoulder and drapery.

Kopf einer jungen Frau nach links gewandt

Brown ink landscape drawing of windswept trees, rolling hills, a distant building, and small figures along a path.

Landscape with Six Figures

1750-80

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged figure on clouds holding a torch toward a reclining man beside a wall.

Ungedeutete Darstellung: Eine auf Wolken herabschwebende männliche Gestalt versengt mit seiner lodernden Fackel einen…

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a robe beside a child holding a flowering staff, with a stair at lower right.

Saint Joseph Seen with his Flowering Staff, which is Held by the Christ Child

1591-1666

Pen and brown ink drawing of a rocky landscape with cliffs and small figures walking along a path.

Rocky Landscape with Eight Figures

1750-80

Brown ink and wash sketch of a young woman leaning over a youth who points outward, with loose drapery lines.

Youth in a Chariot with Attendant Young Woman

ca. 1621-23

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling youth before a bearded prelate in a mitre, with sketched steps below.

Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (recto); Another Study of a Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (verso)

ca. 1620

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary holds the Christ Child while kneeling and turbaned figures appr

The Adoration of the Magi

1625-30

Pen and brown ink study of a woman in a headscarf gazing upward, holding a scroll with written lines.

A Sibyl Holding a Scroll (Study for the Cimmerian Sibyl)

1638

Pen and ink sketch of two studies of a kneeling male figure in flowing drapery, one facing left and one seen from behind.

Two Studies of a Kneeling Male Figure (recto); Handwritten letter (verso)

ca. 1652

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed figure pointing upward beside a seated bearded man, with onlookers and radiating light.

The Raising of Lazarus

ca. 1619

Red chalk drawing of a young man seen from behind, bending over a bowl with a draped cloth at his waist.

Standing Youth Seen from Behind Holding a Bowl (Ganymede?)

ca. 1635-45