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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7 cms) inscr. on plate b.c. "Christus Crucifixus"; inscr. on plate b.r. "I. Smith ex:"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "13" ATTR SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) PUB SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) AFTER DYCK, Anthony van, Sir; (Flemish; 1599-1641) Part of William Hunter's original bequest, this is one of three volumes which together contain 488 mezzotints, almost all made or published by John Smith. About two thirds are portraits of eminent late Stuart, early Hanoverian persons. The remaining third are subject prints after a wide range of artists and subjects, from mythological and religious scenes after old Italian and Dutch and Flemish masters such as Titian and Rubens to fancy subjects after contemporary French and English painters.
Instrumental in raising the standard of mezzotint portraits, Smith was the first British printmaker to gain a European reputation, and examples of his work were essential for any serious first half of the 18th century European print collection. Hunter's set of volumes is a rare surviving example of a comprehensive collection of mezzotints compiled in the 1730s.
This is one of a group of three crucifixion scenes after the highly regarded Anthony Van Dyck (see also Glaha 16613-14), their repetition indicating the popularity of such prints. This print may have been made by Smith. It is one of 100 in the volume without an engraver's name which may be early proofs before letters. | 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: | BIBLE : NEW TESTAMENT : CHRIST : CROSS : DEATH : PASSION OF CHRIST : CRUCIFIXION : SKULL OF ADAM : PUTTI : ANGEL : BLOOD : CHALICE : THE LAST SUPPER : HUNTER 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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