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Description: | IU, unmounted s. on plate b. r. "G. Vitalba Scul. Londra 1764"; inscr. on plate b.l. "Guercino inv."; inscr. in pencil outside plate t. r. "79" 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 original drawing is by one of the Gennari, Guercino's nephews who worked closely with him. It has not been connected with any known painting. The Madonna was a popular subject in Baroque painting which sought to re-affirm the values of the Catholic faith. She features in another seven prints in this volume (Glaha 16446, 16448, 16455, 16464, 16470, 16474, 16481). | 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: | MADONNA : WINDSOR : DRAWING : BOOK : IMITATION : READING : PUTTI : VIRGIN : 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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