print
- Museum number
- 1886,1124.206
- Description
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Night, after Guercino. fictive architecture surrounding the central scene, the Night rapresented as a female figure resting her elbow on a book and falling asleep, two sleeping putti, an owl, and a bat flying. 1779
Engraving
- Production date
- 1779
- Dimensions
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Height: 346 millimetres (plate-mark)
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Width: 445 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From a fresco in the Casino Ludovisi, Rome; see: Salerno, 1988, p. 163; Turner, The paintings of Guercino, 2017, no. 108.5.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1886,1124.206