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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7 cms) inscr. on plate b.l. "Parmens inv."; inscr. on plate b.r. "E. Kirkall fe."; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "84" CRE KIRKALL, Elisha; (English;1682-1742) AFTER PARMIGIANINO, Francesco Mazzola; (Italian; 1503-1540) 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. Depicting the widely represented subject of Catherine of Alexandria's vision of the Christ child turning and placing a ring on her finger, this print is placed among a group of religious subjects toward the back of the volume. It is after a painting by early 16th century Italian master, Parmigianino, whose work was very popular in the 18th century. | 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: | GOLDEN LEGEND : MARTYR : CHRIST : JESUS : VIRGIN MARY : SAINT : CATHERINE : WHEEL : MYSTICAL MARRIAGE : RING : 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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