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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7 cms) inscr. on plate b.c. "E. Collectione Johannis Hughs, I."; inscr. on image b.l. "F. Zuccaro del."; inscr. on plate b.r. "E. Kirkall fe."; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "69" CRE KIRKALL, Elisha; (English;1682-1742) AFTER ZUCCARO, Federico; (Italian; c.1540-1609) 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 print was made by English engraver Elisha Kirkall who is known to have made a number of mezzotints. Three of these are inserted in the volume, providing a context for Smith's own mezzotints. Depictions of saints were common in 17th century Italian art, intended to inspire the viewer to a virtuous life. This print, depicting St Antony of Padua reattaching the foot of a youth who had cut it off in remorse for kicking his parents, is after a work by Italian painter Federico Zuccaro who was active in England. | 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 : SAINT : HALO : MONK : MIRACLE : HEALING : FIGURES : GROUP : 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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