Seated Old Man with Right Arm Upraised (Tithonus) (recto); Seated Nude Youth (figure of Day) (verso) — Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri). Seated Old Man with Right Arm Upraised (Tithonus) (recto); Seated Nude Youth (figure of Day) (verso), 1621. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Seated Old Man with Right Arm Upraised (Tithonus) (recto); Seated Nude Youth (figure of Day) (verso)

by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

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Artist: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
Date: 1621
Medium: Red chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 12 11/16 in. (23.5 x 32.2 cm).
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1970
Accession no.: 1970.168

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