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Description: | IU, unbound s. on plate b. r. "J Basire sct. 1763 CR edit."; inscr. on plate b. l. "Bat a Franco delt. after Mic. Angelo"; inscr. on plate b. c. "In the Collection of Mr Thos. Hudson, Painter."; inscr. verso c. in pencil "81 [circled]" CRE BASIRE, James; (English; 1730-1802) AFTER FRANCO, Giovanni Battista; (Italian; 1510-1561) AFTER MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI; (Italian; 1475-1564) PUB ROGERS, Charles; (English; 1711-1784) This unbound volume is part of William Hunter's original bequest. Published by Charles Rogers (1711-1784), an eminent eighteenth century collector, it consists of 112 prints accompanied by introductory texts on the artists represented. It highlights the wealth of old master drawings held in contemporary private British collections and is among the most impressive art historical writings of 18th century England.
Franco's drawing , a copy of a drawing by Michelangelo, once belonged to the distinguished connoisseur Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745). When engraved for Rogers it was owned by the portrait painter and art collector Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), who lent a total of 9 drawings for the volume. This number was only surpassed by his former pupil Joshua Reynolds who lent 15..
Primarily a printer and draughtsman who trained in Rome, the artist began making drawings after Michelangelo's work early in his career. This is one of three drawings by Franco represented in the volume (Glaha 9020, 9076)
Rogers could not identify this subject but quotes comments made by the connoisseur Jonathan Richardson about the brilliance of Franco's copy. | 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: | MAN : HELMET : DRAWING : IMITATION : HUNTER VOLUME : CONVERSATION : STUDY : REPRODUCTIVE : GROUP : | 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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