Engravings after Guercino’s Libro dei Disegni Pl.03
c. 1630
Francesco Curti created this delicate engraving around 1630 to preserve the sketches of the famous Baroque master Guercino. The image captures a young figure—perhaps a shepherd or a scholar—gazing downward with a quiet, contemplative mood, wrapped in a heavy, dramatically draped cloak. Notice the incredible texture in the soft, puffy hat and the curls of hair; Curti used fine hatching lines to give the fabric real weight. This piece is part of a 'book of drawings,' which acted like a 17th-century art book, allowing people across Europe to study Guercino's private sketches without traveling to Italy.
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