Rijksmuseum

Borstbeelden van een man en een vrouw in Zuid-Oost Europese kostuums

Date

c. 1645 - c. 1655

Medium

paper, chalk

Institution

Rijksmuseum

In this drawing Guercino may have focused on a subject that was particularly popular with Northern artists: the ill-matched love between an unattractive old man and a beautiful young woman. The delicate use of red chalk indicates that the artist considered the drawing as an independent work of art; perhaps it was intended for sale.

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