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Description: | IU, unmounted s. on plate b. r. "Sim Watts sct 1766"; inscr. on plate b. l. "Battista Franco delt."; inscr. on plate b. c. "In the Collection of Mr Thos Hudson, Painter. / CR edit."; inscr. on plate t. c. "callida Dona, Graiorumque Dolos, variumque ignorat Ulyssem. Stat Achill. Lib. II. v. 171"; inscr. verso c. in pencil "104 [circled]" CRE WATTS, Simon; (English; act 1760-1780) AFTER FRANCO, Giovanni Battista; (Italian; 1510-1561) 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 belonged to the portrait painter and art collector Thomas Hudson, owner of 9 of the drawings represented in the volume.
Primarily a printer and draughtsman who trained in Rome, Franco was greatly influenced by Michelangelo and well known for his drawings after Michelangelo's works. This drawing illustrates a key episode of the story of Achilles, legendary Greek hero and central character of the Illiad which tells the story of his deeds in the Trojan War. Knowing her son would die in the war, his mother disguised him as a woman and sent him to live among the daughters of King Lycomedes. Here Achilles is shown discovered by Greek chieftains sent to fetch him.
Franco's design was, according to Rogers, decoration for an earthenware plate. It is one of three drawings by Franco represented in the volume (Glaha 8981, 9020). | 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: | MYTHOLOGY : GOD : DRAWING : IMITATION : ACHILLES : ULYSSES : HUDSON : HUNTER VOLUME : SOLDIER : CAMEL : REPRODUCTIVE : PAGAN : 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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