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Description: | IH, unmounted inscr. in pencil outside plate b. r. "6" 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 woman in the centre holding the brushes is thought to be an allegorical figure of Painting. There is a Guercino painting on this subject but this drawing has not been connected with it and is now attributed to one of Guercino's school. The original drawing is titled 'Three women considering a picture'. Allegorical figures were popular subject matters in 17th century painting and an allegory of spring is the subject of three prints in this volume (Glaha16443, 16454, 16478). | 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 : PICTURE : ART : TURBAN : PAINTING : HUNTER VOLUME : ROYAL COLLECTION : BAROQUE : PROOF BEFORE LETTERS : PALETTE : BRUSHES : : | 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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