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Description: | IU s. on plate b. l. "James Basire fecit."; inscr on plate b. r. "il Guercino da Cento del."; inscr in pencil along edge outside plate t. r. "68" 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.
A first century martyr, Saint Petronilla was believed to be the daughter of St Peter. Guercino painted 'The Burial and Reception into Heaven of Saint Petronilla' in 1623 for an altar dedicated to the saint in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. This is one of five preparatory studies in the Royal Collection for that work. 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: | MOURNING : WINDSOR : DRAWING : IMITATION : DEATH : WREATH : HUNTER VOLUME : ROYAL COLLECTION : BIER : RELIGIOUS : MARTYR : BAROQUE : STUDY : ALTARPIECE : | 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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