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GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, called Il GUERCINO

Cento 1591–1666 Bologna

Allegory of Winemaking, with Four Putti

Inscribed in pen and ink, verso, upper right corner, Guer.⁰ = L [?] 40

Oiled black chalk heightened with white

10 ½ x 14 inches

268 by 355 mm

Provenance

By descent from the artist to the Gennari family, Casa Gennari, Bologna

Probably, Francesco Forni, Bologna, from whom acquired by

John Bouverie (c. 1723-1750), Northampton (Lugt 325), by descent to his sister,

Anne Bouverie (d. 1757), Betchworth, Surrey, by descent to her husband,

John Hervey (d. 1764), Betchworth, Surrey (no mark; see Lugt Supplement 2858c), by descent to his son,

Christopher Hervey (d. 1786), London and Betchworth, Surrey, by descent to his aunt (John Bouverie’s surviving sister),

Elizabeth Bouverie (d. 1798), Teston, Kent, by bequest to

Sir Charles Middleton, later 1st Baron Barham (1726-1813), Teston, Kent, by

descent to his son-in-law,

Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baron Barham (1759-1838), by descent to his son,

Sir Charles Noel, 3rd Baron Barham, later 1st Earl of Gainsborough (1781-1866), Exton Park, Oakham (no mark; see Lugt Supplement 2858c) (his sale, Christie’s, London, 20 July 1859, lot not identifiable),

Cyril (1918-2010) and Shirley (d. 2020) Bartrum Fry, Snape, Suffolk (their sale: London, Sotheby’s, 7 July 2021, lot 5, illustrated)


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