SPECIALISTS IN WORKS ON PAPER
FROM THE 16TH CENTURY TO TODAY
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GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, CALLED GUERCINO
Cento 1591 – 1666 Bologna
A Man seen in Profile, reading a Book
This portrait of a man seen in profile to the left was probably drawn from life. The figure’s gaze appears to be diverted from the book placed to his right, suggesting its function as an attribute. Thus, this may well be a study for a philosopher. Read more
This sheet is now in a private collection.
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Florian Härb and Liberté Nuti are dealers and agents in master drawings, paintings and, occasionally, sculptures and prints. Specialising in works on paper from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, they each have well over twenty years’ experience in the art trade and the valuation of works of art for the purposes of sale and insurance, as well as in collection management.