This is one of Guercino’s genre drawings which he probably made for his own pleasure. His first biographer and contemporary count Carlo Cesare Malvasia noted that Guercino was sympathetic towards the poor. He drew them in a slightly humorous, but never contemptuous manner.
Specifications
| Title | Standing Soldier Next to a Drum |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pen and brown ink, brown wash, on discoloured blue paper, pasted on a Mariette mount |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 356 mm Width 235 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Guercino (Francesco Barbieri)
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| Accession number | I 210 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1640 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Grote verzamelaars (2008) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Brown wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
| Place of manufacture | Bologna > Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Guercino (Francesco Barbieri)
Cento 1591 - Bologna 1666
Guercino is a nickname that means something like 'the cross-eyed'; his real name was Francesco Barbieri. In 1621, he worked for Pope Gregory XV. His ceiling...
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