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Description: | IU, unmounted s. b.r. "J. Basire sct. 1767"; inscr. b.l. "Rafaelle delt."; inscr. b.c. "Hinc Terrae Tremor. hinc Motus. In the Collection of Mr Reynolds./CR edidt."; inscr. verso c. in pencil "102 [circled]" CRE BASIRE, James; (English; 1730-1802); After RAPHAEL AFTER RAPHAEL, Raffaello Santi; (Italian; 1483-1520) 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.
The original Raphael drawing belonged to the leading portrait painter Joshua Reynolds (1728-1792). Owner of the greatest collections of old master drawings and paintings in the country, Reynolds firmly believed in the importance of studying the old masters and regarded Raphael "foremost of the first painters". He lent 15 drawings for Rogers' project.
An allegorical image of an earthquake, this may be a study for Raphael's painting 'The Prison of St Paul', now lost. This painting depicted the New Testament story in which Paul's chains are loosed by an earthquake but he makes no attempt to escape. This is one of five drawings by Raphael represented in the volume (Glaha 9008, 9021, 9024, 9079). | 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: | MALE : FIGURE : REYNOLDS : STRENGTH : DRAWING : IMITATION : MUSCLE : ALLEGORY : EARTHQUAKE : HUNTER VOLUME : GIANT : 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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