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Description: | IU, unmounted s. on plate b. r. "F. Bartolozzi Scolpi [CIT] Londra "; inscr. on plate b. l. "Guercino da Cento inv."; inscr. in pencil outside plate t. r. "10" 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.
This print is after a drawing thought to be a preparatory sketch for Guercino's painting 'Toilet of Venus' of 1623. Eleven putti appear in that composition and there are two other related sketches in the Royal Collection. Putti appear in many of Guercino's drawings and paintings and in six other prints in this volume. | 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: | PUTTI : WINDSOR : DRAWING : IMITATION : NUDE : CHILD : BOYS : HUNTER VOLUME : ROYAL COLLECTION : CLASSICAL : BAROQUE : | 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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