An old man sitting at the foot of a rock with his head resting on his right hand, after a drawing by Guercino in the Piranesi Collection, plate 22 from "Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi" (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome|Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome|Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna
Artist role: Publisher|Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|Italian
Date: 1764
Medium: Etching with red and black ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 9/16 in. (55 x 39.5 cm)
Plate: 15 3/8 x 9 13/16 in. (39 x 25 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941