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Description: | When the Hunterian Museum opened in Glasgow University in 1807, it was the first museum in Britain with a gallery dedicated to pictures.
William Hunter is remembered primarily as an anatomist and specialist in obstetrics, but his passion for art meant that from 1750 onwards he gave separate lectures on anatomy to artists.
His collection was small relative to that of colleagues such as Joshua Reynolds, consisting of 70 paintings bought in London. He bought several works by George Stubbs that were painted to illustrate exotic animals (notably the Canadian Moose).
Zuccarelli was the only Royal Academician colleague by whom Hunter acquired paintings, being more interested in the old masters, and resorting several times to auctions of pictures acquired in Europe by his friend Robert Strange, through whom he acquired works by Rembrandt, Rubens and other big names. His taste for 17th century Bolognese paintings by Reni, Grimaldi and Domenichino reflects the academic focus of his Royal Academy colleagues.
A more personal interest in France can be seen in the purchase of canvases by J.B.Chardin and Le Nain. Hunter succeeded in buying a number of exceptional paintings including his Panoramic Landscape by Phillips Koninck and a Still Life with Dead Game by Snyders. | Subjects: | paintings old masters | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Peter Black | Contributor: | William Hunter | Identifier: | C-0081 |
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