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Description: | IH, unmounted s. on plate b. r. "F. Bartolozzi Sculp."; inscr. on plate b. l. "Guercino inv"; inscr. in pencil outside plate b. r. "26" CRE BARTOLOZZI, Francesco; (Italian; 1725-1815) AFTER 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 Matthew is often depicted with a book and an angel instructing him to symbolise the guidance of God in the writing of his gospel. Baroque art was intended to be didactic, a means of communicating biblical instruction to the illiterate. Saints, who epitomised holy living, were common subject matter. There are 12 prints after drawings of 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: | MATTHEW : WINDSOR : DRAWING : IMITATION : BOOK : READ : ANGEL : RELIGIOUS : HUNTER VOLUME : BAROQUE : ATTRIBUTES : | 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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