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Description: | volume inscr on plate b. l. ""B.Murillo Pinxit."; inscr. on plate b. r. "R. Strange Eques Del.t et Sculp.t"; inscr on plate b. c. "E Tabula Bartolomei Murillo, in Pinocotheca quondam Gulielmi Hunter MD afservatur."; inscr outside plate r. c. "L"; inscr on plate in pencil beneath engraver's signature "GS" CRE STRANGE, Robert, Sir; (Scottish; 1721-1792) AFTER MURILLO, Bartolome Estevan; (Spanish; 1618-1682) This is a reproduction by Strange of the painting which he sold to Dr William Hunter in 1771. The inscription makes clear that it was engraved after Hunter's death. The print was intended as a compagnion to Infant Christ Sleeping after Van Dyck. 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". | 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: | CHILD CHRIST : REPRODUCTIVE : SPANISH SCHOOL : SHEEP : LANDSCAPE : RELIGIOUS : PASSION : | 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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