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Description: | IH, unmounted s. on plate b. r. "F. Bartolozzi scolpi (CIT) in Londra 1764"; inscr. on plate b. l. "Guercino Invent."; inscr in pencil outside plate b. r. "4" CRE BARTOLOZZI, Francesco; (Italian; 1725-1815) AFTER GUERCINO, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, (Italian; 1591-1666) PUB DALTON, Richard (1715-1791) This volume is part of William Hunter's bequest. The prints were commissioned by Richard Dalton, Librarian to George III, in the 1760s. They focus on the King's unrivalled collection of more than 800 drawings by Guercino, largely assembled by Dalton on visits made to Italy to enrich his royal patron's art holdings. The volume promoted the Royal Collection and served the market for prints after Guercino who was particularly popular among eighteenth-century English connoisseurs. They were mainly etched by Bartolozzi, hailed as Italy's best engraver, who was brought to London by Dalton in 1763.
The original drawing is tentatively described as Pharaoh's daughter with the infant Moses. The story of Moses is told in the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Pharaoh had decreed that all Israelite boys be killed at birth. At Moses' birth, his mother concealed him. When he became too big she hid him in a basket which she placed on the River Nile. The basket was discovered by Pharaoh's daughter who took pity on him and raised him as her son. The drawing has not been associated with any known painting. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | WOMAN : WINDSOR : DRAWING : IMITATION : BOY : MOTHERHOOD : HUNTER VOLUME : ROYAL COLLECTION : OLD-TESTAMENT : RELIGIOUS : BIBLICAL : BAROQUE : MOSES : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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