Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Guercino drawings at the Ashmolean Museum II

Guercino
Angel
17th century
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Yesterday's severe selection of only twelve among almost a hundred Guercino drawings at the Ashmolean Museum left me unsatiated. Another dozen is little enough.

Guercino
Aurora with the Chariot of the Sun
ca. 1621
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Guercino
Christ Falling with the Cross
17th century
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Guercino
Putti bearing a model of the city of Bologna
17th century
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Guercino
Hercules
17th century
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Guercino
Jael Killing Sisera
ca. 1619-20
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
 
Guercino
Martyrdom of St. John & St. Paul
ca. 1631
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Guercino
Old Man reading in a landscape
ca. 1622-24
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
(this drawing was acquired by Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) during her residence in Rome)

Guercino
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
ca. 1626-27
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
 
Guercino
Two studies of the Crucified Christ
ca. 1645
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Guercino
Youthful Martyr
17th century
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Guercino
Two women talking
17th century
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford