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Study of Four Figures, for the Burial of St. Petronilla Altarpiece at St. Peter's
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called Guercino) (Italian, 1591 – 1666)
ca. 1623
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laidpaper, laid down
- Classification
- Figures (representations)
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 20.2 x 26.4 cm (7 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- Italy
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Horizontal rectangle. In the centre, an old man in the attitude of aroration, accompanied by another figure, possibly an angel. Behind them, two women.
