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Description: | IU, unmounted s. on plate b. r. "Vitalba Sculp."; inscr. on plate b. l. "Guercino inv."; inscr. in pencil outside plate t. r. "77" CRE VITALBA, Giovanni; (Italian; 1738-1792) 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. While most were etched by Bartolozzi, hailed as Italy's best engraver, and brought to London by Dalton in 1763, five were the work of Vitalba, who travelled to England as Bartolozzi's assistant.
The concept of guardian angels became popular in the Renaissance and they often appeared in Italian art over the next couple of centuries. The original drawing, from the school of Guercino, is related to the preparatory sketches carried out by Guercino for his painting 'The Guardian Angel' of 1641. | 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: | ANGEL : WINDSOR : DRAWING : WING : IMITATION : BOY : HUNTER VOLUME : ROYAL COLLECTION : BAROQUE : | 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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