Giovanni Francesco Barbieri called Guercino (Cento 1591-1666 Bologna) Hercules oil on canvas 49 ¾ x 41 ¼ in. (126.2 x 105 cm.) with old inventory number '430' (lower right) Provenance Commissioned from the artist by Alessandro Argoli (1594-1654), auditor del campo of the papal militia in Ferrara, 6 March 1642, and by whom gifted on 30 July 1642 to Cardinal Francesco Barberini (1597-1679), Palazzo della Cancelleria, Rome, and by descent to his nephew Cardinal Carlo Barberini (1630-1704), Palazzo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, and by descent to his nephew Cardinal Francesco Barberini (1662-1738), Rome, and (possibly) by descent to Giulio Cesare Colonna Barberini (1702-1784), Rome, and (possibly) by descent. (Possibly) Corsini collection, Rome. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 2002, lot 64, where acquired by the present owner.
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri called Guercino (Cento 1591-1666 Bologna) Hercules oil on canvas 49 ¾ x 41 ¼ in. (126.2 x 105 cm.) with old inventory number '430' (lower right) Provenance Commissioned from the artist by Alessandro Argoli (1594-1654), auditor del campo of the papal militia in Ferrara, 6 March 1642, and by whom gifted on 30 July 1642 to Cardinal Francesco Barberini (1597-1679), Palazzo della Cancelleria, Rome, and by descent to his nephew Cardinal Carlo Barberini (1630-1704), Palazzo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, and by descent to his nephew Cardinal Francesco Barberini (1662-1738), Rome, and (possibly) by descent to Giulio Cesare Colonna Barberini (1702-1784), Rome, and (possibly) by descent. (Possibly) Corsini collection, Rome. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 2002, lot 64, where acquired by the present owner.
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