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| Guercino Landscape with funeral procession before 1666 drawing (formerly in the Devonshire Collection at Chatsworth) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Guercino Landscape with a fortified wall by a river before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino Landscape before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
"In Guercino's drawings we can almost feel the artist's pen scratching the paper. Guercino's favorite medium was a goose-feather pen dipped in ink that allowed him to quickly record his ideas on paper. Touches of wash, areas of diagonal lines, and blurring effects of pentimenti heighten the sense of drama and spontaneity. . . . When considering a subject for a painting, Guercino imagined the scene from every conceivable angle. Other artists drew numerous tiny sketches on a single sheet, but Guercino worked up a whole variety of solutions on a large scale. . . . Guercino was particularly sensitive to the effects of light and shade. He often chose the medium that best reflected the texture of the subject he was drawing, using wiry pen lines for mustache or thick strokes of brown wash for wet hair. Such effects imbue his drawings with a keen realism."
– from curator's text to accompany Guercino: Mind to Paper, an exhibition from 2006-2007 jointly mounted by the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery in London
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| Guercino Landscape with a river before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino Landscape with bridge before 1666 landscape National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino Landscape with warriors outside a burning castle before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino Tower with bridge before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino Mountainous landscape with two figures in the foreground and two herdsmen in the middle distance before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino Park-like landscape with walking and seated figures before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino River landscape with figures and distant castle before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino River landscape with figures near a turreted castle before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino River landscape with figures near ruins before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino River landscape with herdsmen before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Guercino Dragon observed by spectators behind a wall before 1666 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |