# Study of Four Figures, for the Burial of St. Petronilla Altarpiece at St. Peter's

- By: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called Guercino) (Italian, 1591 – 1666)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/48104)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/87bfc184bd948e4700f0c3fb01f82b01.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Horizontal rectangle. In the centre, an old man in the attitude of aroration, accompanied by another figure, possibly an angel. Behind them, two women.