Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1917.209
People: School of Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), Italian (Cento, Italy 1591 - 1666 Bologna, Italy)
Title: Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Bologna
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298841

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

23.5 x 16.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: upper right, brown ink: 200 / 69

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Edward W. Forbes, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1917

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year: 1917
Object Number: 1917.209
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 269
Angelo Mazza and Nicholas Turner, Guercino a Reggio Emilia: La genesi dell'invenzione, Skira (Milan, 2011), p. 16, fig. 4 (as Lorenzo Gennari[?])

Verification Level

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