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Description: | IH, unmounted inscr. in pencil outside plate b. r. "65" CRE BASIRE, James; (English; 1730-1802) 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, but James Basire, a student of Dalton's who was well-known for his understanding of landscape, was trusted with most of the landscapes included in the volume and three other subjects.
Guercino produced a considerable number of landscape drawings throughout his career but very few landscape paintings. The drawings appear to have been for the artist's own interest. Some are based on real places, many on Cento where Guercino was born and spent his early career. Others, as in this print, are imaginary landscapes. The Royal Collection drawing is now attributed to the School of Guercino.
The volume includes ten prints after landscape drawings (Glaha 16463, 16506-8, 16511-15 & 16523). | 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: | LANDSCAPE : WINDSOR : DRAWING : TREE : IMITATION : ITALIAN : TOWN : HUNTER VOLUME : ROYAL COLLECTION : | 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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