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Description: | IU, unbound s. on plate b. r. "J Basire sct. 1763"; inscr. on plate b. l. "Cav. G. L. Bernino delt."; inscr. on plate b. c. "In the Collection of Mr Thos Hudson, Painter CRedit."; inscr. verso c. in pencil "84 [circled]" CRE BASIRE, James; (English; 1730-1802) AFTER BERNINI, Gian Lorenzo; (Italian; 1598-1680) 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.
Bernini's drawing belonged to the portrait painter and collector Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) who lent another nine drawings to Rogers, a number surpassed only by his former pupil Joshua Reynolds who lent 15.
This is a design for a funerary monument for an ecclesiastic. An angel exalting a cross raises a bust of the patron heavenward away from the grave and the clutches of the angel of death, symbolising the Christian's faith triumphing over death. The design has not been associated with any known monument.
The sculptor Bernini was one of the three leading figures of the Roman Baroque. His work was well known to eighteenth century connoisseurs and Rogers keeps his notes on him to a minimum referring the reader to other texts. This is one of three drawings by Bernini represented in the volume (Glaha 9004, 9005). The attribution of all three has since been questioned. | 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 : TOMB : CARDINAL : DEATH : MONUMENT : HUNTER VOLUME : FUNERARY MONUMENT : SKELETON : : REPRODUCTIVE : | 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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