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Description: | ATTR SCOUGALL, John; (Scottish:c 1646-1737 CRE SCOUGALL, John; (Scottish; c.1645-1737), studio of Dunlop was an inspiring scholar who generated much interest in the culture and arts of Ancient Greece in Scotland. His pupils during his tenure as Professor of Greek at Glasgow University from 1704 to 1746 included Hutcheson, Hunter and other Enlightenment figures from the future neoclassical painter Gavin Hamilton to Robert Wood author of "The Ruins of Palmyra" and "The Ruins of Balbec". Hutcheson's portrait and this picture were among the few portraits that had formed the nucleus of the University's art collection before Hunter's bequest of 1783. A few years after his death, the Foulis brothers organised the sale of his library (a copy of the sale catalogue is in Glasgow University Special Collection).There is a simlar portrait in private hands. | 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 : GLASGOW UNIVERSITY : PROFESSOR : GREEK : : ENLIGHTENMENT : | 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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