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Description: | IU, unmounted inscr. in pencil outside plate t. r. "18" 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.
Mahon & Turner note the similarity between this figure and that of Mars in Guercino's painting 'Mars, Venus, Cupid and Time' of about 1725. Mars, the Roman god of war and Venus, goddess of love were lovers and their story is an allegory of the power of love over war. Guercino produced several canvases and drawings featuring the pair and Venus' son Cupid. This particular drawing is now attributed to Guercino's school. The print is sometimes known as 'Warrior with a truncheon'. | 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: | WARRIOR : WINDSOR : DRAWING : IMITATION : ARMOUR : BEARD : ROYAL COLLECTION : BUST : HEAD STUDY : PROOF BEFORE LETTERS : | 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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