Giovanni Francesco Barbieri il Guercino (Cento ?1591-1666 Bologna) Saint Agnes oil on canvas 47 x 37 in. (119.2 x 94 cm.) Provenance Commissioned by Alberto Provenzali of Cento as a gift for Cardinal Girolamo Colonna, Archbishop of Bologna (1604-1666), and by descent to the Principi Colonna, Palazzo Colonna, Rome, where recorded in inventories of 1648, 1667, 1714, 1730 and in the 1783 Catalogo (see below, under literature). John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury (1791-1852), Alton Towers, where hung in the Talbot Gallery, and by inheritance to his cousin Bertram Arthur, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury (1832-1856); (†) Christie's, on the premises, 8 [=3rd day] July 1857, lot 228, 'very elegant' (46 gns. to Collette, apparently for 'Niew' [Niewenhuys]). Richard Corbett, Adderley Hall, Shropshire. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1976, lot 37. with Trafalgar Galleries, London. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 December 2006, lot 53, where acquired for the present owner.
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri il Guercino (Cento ?1591-1666 Bologna) Saint Agnes oil on canvas 47 x 37 in. (119.2 x 94 cm.) Provenance Commissioned by Alberto Provenzali of Cento as a gift for Cardinal Girolamo Colonna, Archbishop of Bologna (1604-1666), and by descent to the Principi Colonna, Palazzo Colonna, Rome, where recorded in inventories of 1648, 1667, 1714, 1730 and in the 1783 Catalogo (see below, under literature). John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury (1791-1852), Alton Towers, where hung in the Talbot Gallery, and by inheritance to his cousin Bertram Arthur, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury (1832-1856); (†) Christie's, on the premises, 8 [=3rd day] July 1857, lot 228, 'very elegant' (46 gns. to Collette, apparently for 'Niew' [Niewenhuys]). Richard Corbett, Adderley Hall, Shropshire. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1976, lot 37. with Trafalgar Galleries, London. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 December 2006, lot 53, where acquired for the present owner.
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