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Study for Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (recto); Sketches: Saint Christopher; Two Figures in Conversation over Money (verso)
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called GuercinoLinkedCulture matchlcp-739b1c205b92
- Date
- c. 1620
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash (recto) and pen and brown ink and graphite (verso), on cream laid paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 112725
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This is the earliest known study for a commission that Guercino was given in 1620 by Cardinal Jacopo Serra, Legate of Ferrara. The forceful, naturalistic drawing captures the moment of the Old Testament story in which Joseph attempts to guide the blessing arm of the nearly blind Jacob away from his younger son Ephraim to the head of his first-born, Manasse.
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- Credit line
- The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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