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Description: | IH s. on plate b. r. "F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1765"; inscr. on plate b. l. "Pietro da Cortona inv"; inscr. verso in pencil c. "60[circled]" CRE BARTOLOZZI, Francesco; (Italian; 1725-1815) AFTER PIETRO DA CORTONA (Pietro Berrettini); (Italian; 1596-1669) 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.
In Greek mythology, Laocoon was a priest of Apollo whom he angered by begetting children. As punishment, he and his two sons were crushed to death by two sea serpents as they were about to sacrifice a bull to Poseidon. It has been suggested that 18th century scholars were wrong in attributing the drawing to Pietro da Cortona and that it is by his pupil Romanelli. | 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: | IMITATION : DRAWING : MYTHOLOGY : DRAMA : SERPENT : SACRIFICE : BAROQUE : WINDSOR : ROYAL COLLECTION : HUNTER VOLUME : GREEK MYTHOLOGY : CLASSICAL : | 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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