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Description: | volume, unbound signed b.l. "D.TENIERS F"; inscr. b.l. "D. Teniers pinxit."; inscr. b. r. "T. Major Sculp 1746."; inscr. b.c. "Grave de'apres le Tableau Original, tire du Cabinet de Mr. Le Blanc / A Paris chez surugue graveur du Roy a l'entree de la rue des Noyens vis a vis S. Yves A.P.D.R. / Et chez l'Auteur rue S. Jacques vis a vis les Charneirs de S. Benoist." CRE MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) AFTER TENIERS, David; (Flemish; c.1610-1690) 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 print is one of 17 prints after Teniers in the volume. Dutch and Flemish genre paintings were very popular in France and England at this time and Le Bas, who excelled in capturing the spirit of these works, encouraged his pupils to make etchings after Teniers. Another print depicting smokers in taverns is included in the volume (see Glaha 16923), a choice of subject matter inspired by Flemish painter Brouwer, also represented in this volume (see Glaha 16913 and 16914).
The painting belonged to Jean-Bernard Le Blanc (1706-81) a French writer and art critic. | 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: | GENRE : PIPE : SMOKING : FEATHER : HUNTER VOLUME : REPRODUCTIVE : PAINTING : | 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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