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Description: | AntH, unbound s. on plate b. r. "J. Deacon incisit 1763"; inscr. on plate b. l. "Luca Cambiaso delt"; inscr. on plate b. c. "In the collection of William Fankener Esqr. / CR edit."; inscr. verso in pencil "[unidentified number, circled]" CRE DEACON, James (English; 18th century) AFTER CAMBIASO, Luca; (Italian; 1527-1585) 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.
Cambiaso's drawing was in the collection of William Fauquier (d. 1769), who worked in finance and was a member of the same circles as Rogers. Cambiaso was the founder of the Genoese school of painting. This is one of four drawings by him represented in the volume (Glaha 9087, 9088, 9109).
The fidelity of the print to the drawing earned it a prize for the best wood engraving , awarded in 1763 by the Society of arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
In his notes, Rogers refers to the Roman practice of throwing criminals and Christians to the lions but concludes that there is not enough detail here to know whether Cambiaso is depicting one of these incidents or an imaginary combat between men and lions. | 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: | DRAWING : IMITATION : FANKENER : LION : COMBAT : ANIMAL : ANDROCLUS AND THE LYONS : STUDY : HUNTER VOLUME : 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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