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Description: | IH, unmounted s. on plate b. r. "F. Bartolozzi Sculp. Londra 1764"; inscr on plate b. l. "Guercino inv."; inscr in pencil outside plate b. r. "12" 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.
Saint John the Baptist was a popular subject-matter among Baroque artists, whose duty was to communicate biblical instruction to the illiterate. Guercino worked on a number of drawings and paintings of Saint John, represented in this volume by another two prints (Glaha 16457 & 16477). This particular drawing however is now attributed to the school of Guercino. John's task was to call people to repentance and baptism in preparation for the arrival of the son of God. His ministry began in the wilderness and he is often depicted there. The long cross and a scroll in this image are common attributes of the saint. | 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: | JOHN : WINDSOR : DRAWING : IMITATION : NUDE : CHILD : CROSS : LANDSCAPE : INFANT : SAINT : RELIGIOUS : HUNTER VOLUME : ROYAL COLLECTION : 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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