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Description: | IH, unmounted s. on plate b. r. "F. Bartolozzi Sculps. Londra 1764"; inscr. on plate b. l. "Guercino inven."; inscr. in pencil outside plate t. r. "15" 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.
In this print, Saint Prosper points to a model of the Italian city of Reggio Emilia of which he was the Bishop. St Prosper, known for his charity and humble nature, had requested to be buried in a small church outside the city walls rather than in the cathedral. His pointing gesture may represent him indicating this wish to the Virgin. Baroque art was intended to be didactic, a means of communicating biblical instruction to the illiterate. Saints, who epitomised holy living, were popular subject matter. There are 12 prints showing saints in this volume (Glaha 16453, 16456-7, 16462, 16467, 16476-7, 16483, 16486, 16509, 16517 & 16522). | 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: | TOWN : WINDSOR : DRAWING : IMITATION : NUDE : PUTTI : MAP : ROYAL COLLECTION : HUNTER VOLUME : REGGIO EMILIA : MODEL : BEARD : MADONNA : RELIGIOUS : SAINT : 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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