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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7 cms) inscr. on plate b.c. "No more, Fair Nymph, thy own, bright Beauties boast, / Which now another Eye has all engrost. / While Thous dos't in the Stream thy self survey, / The Thievish Peerer steals thy self away; / Who tho he cannot value what he see's, / Enjoys what Kings would beg upon their Knees."; inscr. on plate b.l. "Henricus Prosperius Lankrinck Pinxit."; inscr. on plate b.r. "Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "34" PUB SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) AFTER LANKRINK, Prosper Hendrik; (Flemish; 1628-1692) 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.
Smith published this print and may also be its author, it is one of 100 in the volume without an engraver's name. It is after a painting by popular contemporary Flemish artist Lankrink who was active in England and worked as an assistant to portrait painter Peter Lely. The inscription suggests that the woman may be Diana, Roman goddess of hunting seen bathing by Acteon. | 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: | LANDSCAPE : SPIRIT : NYMPH : WATERFALL : RIVER : BATHING : GREEK MYTHOLOGY : SUSANNA : STREAM : 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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