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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7 cms) inscr. on plate b.l. "W. Vincent fe."; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "79" CRE VINCENT, William; (English; fl. c. 1690) AFTER HUYSMANS, Jacob; (Dutch / British; c. 1630-1696) 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 William Vincent who was a contemporary mezzotint engraver of Smith's about whom little is known. The inclusion of 5 works by him provides some context to Smith's own prints. This print is after a work by Jacob Huysmans, a Dutch painter who found favour with Queen Catherine and other Catholics in the English court where he one several portrait commissions. There was a market for small decorative prints of children and flowers such as this. | 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: | CHILDREN : GIRL : LAMB : SHEEP : BONNET : FOLIAGE : MINIATURE : DECORATIVE PRINT : 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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