Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
A Sibyl Reading
Auction Closed
January 26, 04:31 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
Cento 1591 - 1666 Bologna
A Sibyl Reading
Pen and brown ink;
bears numbering in black ink, lower right: 116.
250 by 207 mm; 9⅞ by 8⅛ in.
William Esdaile (1758-1837), London (L.2617);
François Alziari, Baron de Malaussena (1837-c.1905), Paris (L.1887),
his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 18-20 April 1866;
Jean Thesmar (born 1900), Paris (L.1544a),
his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 9-10 June 1949;
sale, Paris, Tajan, 6 November 2003, lot 14;
with P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London,
where acquired by the present owner
François Alziari, Baron de Malaussena (1837-c.1905), Paris (L.1887),
his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 18-20 April 1866;
Jean Thesmar (born 1900), Paris (L.1544a),
his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 9-10 June 1949;
sale, Paris, Tajan, 6 November 2003, lot 14;
with P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London,
where acquired by the present owner