The Triumph of David Guercino

Artist	Guercino Cento, 1591 – Bologna, 1666
Culture	Italian
Date	1636–1637
Object type	drawing
Medium, technique	pen, brown ink, brown wash on paper
Dimensions	235 × 316 mm
Inventory number	1917-190
Collection	Prints and Drawings
On view	This artwork is not on display

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On the basis of its powerful light and shadow effects, this drawing may be dated at the 1630s, and is a sketch for the painting Guercino painted for Cardinal Colonna. On the sketch, David, who has defeated Goliath in combat, is celebrated by female figures playing music and dancing. The artist was paid in December 1636 and in the following August for the picture now in the Burghley House Collection, Standford (Great Britain).

Szilvia Bodnár

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.