Head of an old Man
Guercino
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Style:Baroque -
Genre:portrait -
Order Oil Painting
reproduction
Head of an old Man
Guercino
This boldly executed painting is probably an oil sketch made from the life as a study of physiognomy and expression. Although the man's gaze and the warm lighting suggest that Guercino had in mind a figure of a saint or a prophet, it is not connected with a final painting, nor is it a fragment of a finished work.
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