Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) attributed

Two angels in clouds, ca. 1615 – 1630

Blatt: 101 x 196 mm

Physical Description: Pen in brown, washed in brown, traces of red chalk at right edge

Inventory Number: 4322

Object Number: 4322 Z

Status: On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

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About the Work

Like many of the other works in the collection of Johann Friedrich Städel, this vivacious drawing of two angels was long considered a work by the renowned Bolognese artist Guido Reni. Many of those attributions have been corrected over the course of time. That is also the case here. Now associated with Guercino, this sheet is distinguished by its free, almost playful execution. The cursory lines—now darker, now lighter—and light wash bring the figures to exuberant life.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Two angels in clouds

Draughtsman

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) attributed

Period Produced

17th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Pen in brown, washed in brown, traces of red chalk at right edge

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Bolognese

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet in der Mitte […(?)] und horizontale Linie entlang der oberen Kante; auf der Rückseite (auf dem Auflagekarton) unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts (L. 2356)