A Grain 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.

A Grain Merchant

Guercino

c. 1620

Accession Number

1974.102.1

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

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund