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Description: | IH, unmounted s. on plate b. r. "F. Bartolozzi sc"; inscr. on plate b. l. "Guercino inv."; inscr in pencil outside plate b. r. "13" 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 drawing is not in the Royal Collection. It may have been in the collection of the English dealer William Kent. He was in Italy purchasing Guercino drawings in 1658 and had some engraved by various artists including Bartolozzi. In 1762, Kent sold several of his Guercino drawings and their corresponding plates by Bartolozzi and appear to have been acquired by Richard Dalton who published them as part of this volume. Guercino completed three paintings on the subject of Flora, the goddess of spring. For further information see Glaha 16443. | 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: | CUPID : WINDSOR : DRAWING : IMITATION : NUDE : CHILD : PUTTO : FLORA : HUNTER VOLUME : ROYAL COLLECTION : WREATH : BAROQUE : ALLEGORICAL : | 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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