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Description: | volume inscr on plate t. c. "XI"; inscr on plate b. l. "Andrea Sacchi Pinxt Romae"; inscr on plate b. r. "Robert Strange delint et sculpt Londini"; inscr on plate in pencil under engraver's name "GS"; Apollo rewarding Merit and punishing Arrogance. / From the original Painting of Andrea Sacchi, in y. Collection of Henry Furnese Esq. / Sold by Rob.t Strange Engraver, at the Golden Head, in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden London. / Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 1755" CRE STRANGE, Robert, Sir; (Scottish; 1721-1792) AFTER SACCHI, Andrea; (Italian; 1599-1661) The volume was bound by J. Carss & Co., book binders active in Glasgow in the early 19th century, and described by Dibdin as "the favourite bookbinder among the cognoscenti at Glasgow".
Engraved after the painting then in the collection of Henry Furnese. The original painting is called "Marcantonio Pasquilini Crowned by Apollo", and is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York; Apollo's genitals have been covered up with a cloth. | 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: | NUDE : REPRODUCTIVE : ALLEGORY : HENRY FURNESE : VOLUME : BAGPIPE : HARP : REWARD : PUNISHMENT : SCOTT VOLUME : | 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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