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Description: | IU s. on plate b. l. "F Bartolozzi Sculp Londini [SIC] 1764"; inscr. verso in pencil c. "63[circled]" CRE BARTOLOZZI, Francesco; (Italian; 1725-1815) AFTER CARRACCI, Annibale (Italian;1560-1609) PUB DALTON, Richard (English; 1715-1791) This print is one of a set of 16 by Bartolozzi from William Hunter's bequest. In 1764 Bartolozzi, hailed as Italy's best engraver, had come to England to work for Richard Dalton, Librarian to George III, on a series of 82 prints after drawings by Guercino from the Royal Collection. Following this, Bartolozzi produced a further 33 prints after drawings by other Italian masters, of which this is one. Dalton published these in small sets over the next five years.
This portrait is one of a pair, the other is of Annibale Carracci (Glaha 8955). During the eighteenth-century art students were encouraged to study and learn from the Italian Old Masters and their drawings were very popular with English connoisseurs. There was much interest in these personalities and their genius which fed a demand for their likenesses. Leonardo da Vinci and the Carracci were two of the most highly esteemed in England at this time. | 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: | PORTRAIT : ARTIST : DRAWING : IMITATION : BEARD : ROYAL COLLECTION : WINDSOR : HUNTER VOLUME : BEARD : ARTIST'S PORTRAIT : | 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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