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Description: | IH s. on plate b. r. "F Bartolozzi delin. et Sculp. in Londra 1765"; inscr. on plate b. l. "Pietro da Cortona inv."; inscr. verso in pencil "70 [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.
"Laban searching for his idols" illustrates a widely represented episode of Jacob's life from the Genesis (Old Testament), where Jacob and his wife Rachel, who have set of secretly for Canaan, are caught up by Rachel's father Laban, looking for the idols his daughter had stolen from his household. Hidden in Rachel's camel's saddle, Laban does not find them. The drawing was a preparatory sketch for a painting by Pietro da Cortona. | 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: | JOURNEY : DRAWING : IMITATION : IDOL : GENESIS : OLD TESTAMENT : ROYAL COLLECTION : HUNTER VOLUME : WINDSOR : BAROQUE : BIBLICAL : : : | 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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