Description: No. 312 (recto) numbered at lower right in pen and brown ink: 255 (Sparre)

Attributed to Ludovico Carracci by Mariette and Tessin, to Timoteo Viti in the 1790 catalogue and to the school of Raphael by Sirén this drawing was recognized as an early work of Guercino by Catherine Johnston. Nicholas Turner connects the drawing tentatively with the Cento fresco, (cf. 1555, above) considering the possibility that it could be an early sketch for the composition [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 1567 (recto)]

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