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Description: | IU s. on plate b. r. "Guercino del"; inscr. on plate b. l. "Basire Sculp"; inscr. in pencil along edge outside plate t. r. "69" 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.
This print was titled 'Janus' in a later publication by John Boydell. Traditionally depicted with a head that looks both backwards and forwards, Janus was the Roman god of doorways and gateways and also of beginnings. There is still some doubt over this identification and the pouring action is unexplained. | 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: | MAGIC : WINDSOR : DRAWING : IMITATION : JANUS : ALCHEMY : HUNTER VOLUME : ROYAL COLLECTION : JUG : FUNNEL : FERTILITY : RITE : THREE AGES OF MAN : SYMBOL : VASE : YOUTH : POTION : BAROQUE : MAGICAL : | 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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