Lot 93: Benedetto Gennari , Cento 1633 - 1715 Bologna Recto: study of a standing boy, seen from the side, singing; verso: two heads Red chalk ( recto ); black and red chalk ( verso )

Red chalk ( recto ); black and red chalk ( verso )

measurements note 161 by 90 mm

A. Grahl (L.1199)

Nicholas Turner has suggested that this very charming study is by one of the Gennari, most probably Benedetto. It is obviously closely inspired by Guercino, but no precise connection can be found. The closest association is with a figure of a young singer, wearing a plumed hat, known through a print by Bartolozzi.υ1 1. See P. Bagni, Il Guercino e il suo Falsario, I Disegni di Figura, Bologna 1990, p. 171, no. 151