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Description: | IU, unmounted inscr. in pencil outside plate t. r. "52" CRE BARTOLOZZI, Francesco; (Italian; 1725-1815) AFTER BONAVERI, Domenico (Italian; circa 1640-after 1719) 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 print is after a copy of a Guercino drawing by his contemporary Domenico Bonaveri, probably made as part of the process of transferring the image to copper-plates during the artist's lifetime. Guercino ensured that many of his paintings were reproduced as prints. The original drawing is described as the repentance of Saint Peter, an association Bartolozzi was probably not aware of. St Peter weeping was a popular subject for early 17th century devotional paintings, emphasising the frailty of man's resolve and inspiring repentance. Guercino painted two compositions on the subject in the 1630s and the 1650s. | 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: | PORTRAIT : WINDSOR : DRAWING : MAN : IMITATION : TEAR : CRYING : WEEPING : SAINT : RELIGIOUS : HUNTER VOLUME : ROYAL COLLECTION : BAROQUE : PROOF BEFORE LETTERS : BUST : HEAD STUDY : | 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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