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The image is a drawing depicting a man shown from the waist up. He is positioned with his body slightly tilted and leaning on something with his left hand holding a long object that resembles a staff or spear. His facial features are rendered with a mustache and closely shaved beard, and his hair appears to be combed back. The man is wearing a belted, long-sleeved garment that has a slight V-neck opening. He is also wearing a simple necklace. The background is plain, with a textured surface that gives a sense of depth but contains no specific elements or scenery.
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The image is a drawing depicting a man shown from the waist up. He is positioned with his body slightly tilted and leaning on something with his left hand holding a long object that resembles a staff or spear. His facial features are rendered with a mustache and closely shaved beard, and his hair appears to be combed back. The man is wearing a belted, long-sleeved garment that has a slight V-neck opening. He is also wearing a simple necklace. The background is plain, with a textured surface that gives a sense of depth but contains no specific elements or scenery.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Grain Merchant

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino

Date
c. 1620
Medium
black chalk heightened with white on laid paper prepared with brown wash
Dimensions
overall: 40.5 x 27.9 cm (15 15/16 x 11 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1974.102.1
Credit line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Baroque
  • occupation
  • genre
  • Bolognese
  • Merchant
Provenance

Jan van Rijmsdijk; John Thane (Lugt 1544); Thomas Dimsdale (Lugt 2426); Samuel Woodburn, London; Sir Thomas Lawrence; repurchased by Samuel Woodburn from Lawrence's estate; Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (Lugt 2710b) and by descent (Sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1972, no. 95 (as a "Fisherman"); (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London); NGA purchase in 1974.

Inscription

in later hand, lower left in brown ink: [?]; center verso in graphite: A Carracci; lower center verso in graphite: No 14/+3

NGA object ID 54946. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.