This painting was commissioned in 1657 by the Marquis of Soncino in Milan, who frequently commissioned works from Guercino. It is thought to have remained in the possession of his family for a long time, after which it changed hands several times. In 1952, it was purchased for 300 guilders as an anonymous Italian work by a predecessor of the Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier. It then hung unnoticed on the wall of an office of that institution in Hoorn for decades until it was rediscovered in 2015 as a Guercino, after which it was loaned by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
Specifications
| Title | David with the Head of Goliath |
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| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is travelling |
| Dimensions |
Height 213 cm Width 158 cm Depth 7,5 cm |
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| Artists |
Painter:
Guercino (Francesco Barbieri)
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| Accession number | BRL 2016-21 (OK) |
| Credits | Loan Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier, 2016 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 2016 |
| Creation date | in 1657 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Guercino en de Bolognese School (2017) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Collection as Cosmos (2026) |
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| Object |
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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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