Old Man Writing, 1783

  • Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), Italian, 1591-1666
  • Adam von Bartsch, Austrian, 1756-1821

Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 13 1/2 × 11 3/8 inches (34.3 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 12 1/2 inches (39.7 × 31.8 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S99.504

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Stamp, verso: J. PEOLI (Lugt 2020)

Inscribed, in plate, lower right: A. Bartsch sc. 1783. Inscribed, lower left.: Guercino inv. Inscribed, lower right edge: D'apres le Dessein original, qui se trouve dans la Collection de la Biblio- theque Impl. et Royal. de Vienne. Inscribed, lower right: 4. Inscribed, in ink, on strip of paper, attached to lower margin: No 99 1/2. An old man writing in a large book which he holds on his knees. | By-Adam Bartsch.

May 1894, J.J. Peoli (New York, New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Adam von Bartsch; after Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), Old Man Writing, 1783, etching printed in brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S99.504.