Landscape with Bathing Women

Guercino (Francesco Barbieri) (in circa 1621)

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Andrea asked

What is the inventory number?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hello Andrea,
The inventory number of this specific work is 2900 (OK). You can find these numbers under "Accession Number" on the website, alongside the specifications of each artwork.
Kind regards,
Manus
Dr. Andreas Hillebrand asked

Is the client or patron of the painting known?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hi Andreas, the first known owner of this painting was a person named Eberhard Jabach (1618-1695). We, however, do not know if he was the one who commisioned it. After Jabach's, the painting came in the collection of King Louis XIV. Kind regards, Els
Carlotta asked

Hi,
I'm a university student, I have to do a video for one of my class, I would like to know if it is possible to have more information about this paint (description of the scene, details in the foreground/ in the background).

Best regards. Carlotta Todaro.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hi Carlotta, I can't really tell you more about the scene itself. I would have to go to the library and look this up myself. I would advise you to search the artist, and see if there are certain characteristics of their work you can connect back to this piece. For example, this painting was dated using a reference work in Casino Ludovisi in Rome: 'Aurora'-fresco. If you contact bibliotheek@boijmans.nl they will have more information for you. For example, in our records there are two citations:
\A \\Corpus of Italian Paintings from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in Dutch Public Collections - nr. 80
Cat. Legaat Vitale Bloch, 1978, no 16
Best of luck with your class! Best, Lisa
Monica Polotti asked

Please let me know how could we use this image for the catalogue of an exhibition that will be held in Aosta, Italy, from the next 4th Avril. Thanks so much. Regards. Monica Polotti
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Monica, You can send an email to our image department (images@boijmans.nl). Best, Xin

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It is known that Guercino painted only a few landscapes and almost all of them at the start of his career. This beautiful example is clearly inspired by Domenico Fetti, whose works Guercino had seen during his stay in Venice in 1618 or in Mantua in 1621. , Guercino painted few landscapes, and almost all of them at the beginning of his career. This fine example was clearly inspired by Domenico Fetti, whose works Guercino had seen during his stay in Venice in 1618 or in Mantua in 1621.

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Title	Landscape with Bathing Women
Material and technique	Oil on canvas
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 37 cm Width 53,5 cm
Artists	Painter: Guercino (Francesco Barbieri)
Accession number	2900 (OK)
Credits	From the estate of Vitale Bloch, 1976
Department	Old Masters
Acquisition date	1976
Creation date	in circa 1621
Collector	Collector / Vitale Bloch
Internal exhibitions	De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) Guercino en de Bolognese School (2017)
External exhibitions	Landscape painting in Rome. 1600-1650 (2011) Guercino and the Ludovisi Age in Rome. The Triumph of Painting (2024)
Material	Canvas > Worked fibres > Fibre > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Oil > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	Italy > Southern Europe > Europe

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Guercino (Francesco Barbieri)

Cento 1591 - Bologna 1666

Guercino is a nickname that means something like 'the cross-eyed'; his real name was Francesco Barbieri. In 1621, he worked for Pope Gregory XV. His ceiling...

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