Portrait of a Man

Artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino (Italian, 1591 - 1666)

Date17th century

MediumRed chalk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 9 11/16 × 6 5/16 inches (24.61 × 16.03 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton McGreevy

Object numberF64-51/15

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Drawings: Collection of Milton McGreevy, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 7-April 4, 1965, no. 22, as Half-Length Figure of a Man.

Master Drawings from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, September 12-December 3, 1989, unnumbered, as Portrait of a Man.

Provenance

With Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles, CA, by August 1960;

Purchased from Zeitlin & Ver Brugge by Milton (1903-1980) and Barbara (1905-1996) McGreevy, Shawnee Mission, KS, August 22, 1960-1964 [1];

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1964.

NOTES:

[1] Zeitlin & Ver Brugge invoice, Nelson-Atkins Archives, MSS007 Milton McGreevy Papers.

Published References

“Drawings: Collection of Milton McGreevy,” Bulletin (The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum) 4, no. 6 (March 7-April 4, 1965): 18, as Half-Length Figure of a Man.

Master Drawings from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, exh. cat. (St. Louis, MO: Washington University Gallery of Art, 1989), 8, 23, (repro.), as Portrait of a Man.

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