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Description: | The Hunterian has some 70 old master pictures. The collection is strongest in paintings from the 17th century. Most date from the bequest of William Hunter in 1783.
Two paintings, a copy of Raphael's Entombment and a Martyrdom of St Catherine by Jan Cossiers were acquired by the University in 1776. When the Hunterian opened in 1807 the presence of Hunter's cabinet of pictures meant that it was the first museum in Britain with a gallery of paintings.
Hunter's collection included 30 old masters, mainly Dutch and Flemish, but with interesting Italian and French works. The important masterpieces are Chardin's Lady taking Tea, a large canvas by Philips Koninck which is one of the finest examples of his panoramic landscape paintings, and a fine Still Life with Dead Game by Frans Snyders.
Among Hunter's smaller paintings are Rembrandt's oil sketch for the Entombment, a head study by Rubens, a painting on copper by Simon Vouet, and a group of paintings from the circle of Guido Reni, including a fine version of the Virgin Sewing. A further 26 Dutch and Flemish pictures were given in 1963 by Miss Ina Smillie, which extended the range of still life and genre painting and included a major work, Artemisia by Erasmus II Quellinus. There are also fine portraits by Mor, Sanchez-Coello, and Michele di Ridolfo di Ghirlandaio. | Subjects: | pictures | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Peter Black | Contributor: | Glasgow University; William Hunter | Identifier: | C-0077 |
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