Head of a Bearded Saint (fragment) (possibly Saint Peter or Joseph)
Italian (Bolognese) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
673 x 546 mm (26 1/2 x 21 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Bologna
Order this imageCollection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 533868
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Head of a Bearded Saint (fragment) (possibly Saint Peter or Joseph), Italian (Bolognese) School, Circle of Guido Reni, 18th century. A head-and shoulders portrait, looking down to right, with halo, wearing white robe with orange robe draped over his shoulders. White hair and a white beard. Clouds to his left and a tree to the right . Possibly a fragment of a larger composition by Guido Reni of St Joseph with the Christ Child in The Hermitage, Leningrad. Framed in carved giltwood frame.
Provenance
On loan from Sir Edmund Fairfax-Lucy, 6th Bt (b. 1945).
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: On the top bar of stretcher, a black wax seal, with the Lucy crest over the initials JL; Verso: beside it, a paper label, inscribed in ink: Saint Peter/by Sebastian Ricci/came from Hampton 1875; Verso: On right-hand bar, Christie's stencil: 413 HN; Verso: and in chalk: June 1 - 45; other chalk nos: 54 (twice); 39, and 35; Verso: in black: 245.
Makers and roles
Italian (Bolognese) School, publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659 – Venice 1734), publisher