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Description: | IU, unbound volume inscr. b.l. "A. Cnype cpinx:" and "Published according to Act / of Parlt. Ostr. 1st.1751.; inscr. b. r. "T. Major sculp:"; inscr. b.c. "TO SR. LUKE SCHAUB KT./ This Print ingrav'd from an Original Picture in his collection is humbly Dedicated by / his most obliged and obedient Servant T. Major. / London Sold by T. Major, Ingraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, at the Golden Head in West Street the Upper end of St. Martins Lane." CRE MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) AFTER CUYP, Aelbert; (Dutch; 1620-1691) PUB MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) Part of William Hunter's original bequest, this volume contains 44 prints after paintings primarily by Dutch and Flemish 17th century masters. The majority of the prints were etched by English engraver Thomas Major between 1744 and 1754. During this time Major studied in Paris under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-83), tutor to many of the century's best engravers, and on his return to England developed a reputation as one of the best engravers of his day. Hunter commissioned Major to engrave an anatomical drawing for him.
This is the only painting by Cuyp represented in the volume. Although now considered one of the most important Dutch landscape painters of the 17th century, his importance was only just beginning to be fully acknowledged in the mid 18th century. The painting was in the collection of Luke Schaub (1690-1758), a diplomat who was a close friend of the Prince of Wales to whom Major had recently been appointed Engraver in Ordinary. Schaub is known to have collected other work by Dutch and Flemish artists. | 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: | HUNTER VOLUME : REPRODUCTIVE : PAINTING : LANDSCAPE : NEEDLES : BOAT : SAIL : : | 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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