Sir James Hall of Dunglass
Sir James Hall of Dunglass (1761–1832), Geolog c1785 af den svenske maler Angelica Kauffman (1741 – 1807); samt maler, et stiftende medlem af Royal Academy og kendt for at popularisere farvekridtmetoden til gravering.
En opmærksomhed fanger portræt af en ung Sir Hall 4. Baronet FRS FRSE; som var en skotsk geolog og geofysiker og medlem af parlamentet for St. Michaels bydel 1807-1812.
Han er iført hvid krave og skjorte med bordeaux frakke med store sølvknapper på begge sider af reverserne; med frakken bundet af med én knap; poserer mod en almindelig grønlig, gul og rød væg.
Dette er en retoucheret digital kunst, som gamle mestre gengiver et billede af det offentlige domæne.
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Bartolozzi blev født i Firenze, og som det var datidens skik, man troede, at han ville følge i sin fars fodspor og blive guld- og sølvsmed.
This though would change since the young Bartolozzi showed a great deal of skill and taste in designing; as a result he was thus placed under the supervision of two Florentine artists, including Italian Painter Ignazio Hugford (1703 – 1778) and Italian Rococo Style Painter Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (1692 – 1768) who instructed him in painting.
After three years of art training, he went to Venice to study engraving; and spent six years working for German Engraver and Draughtsman Joseph Wagner (1706 – 1780), an engraver and printseller, before setting up his own workshop.
The first engraving Bartolozzi produced in Venice were plates in the style of Italian Baroque Period Painter Marco Ricci (1676 – 1730) and Giacomo Francesco Zuccarelli (1702 – 1788) a Late Baroque or Rococo Period Landscape Painter.
Så ind 1762 Bartolozzi moved to Rome for a short period of time, where he completed a set of engravings representing frescoes at Grottaferrata by Italian Baroque Painter Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri 1581 – 1641) depicting the life of St Nilus.
That set of engravings and his etchings of old master’s works, began to draw public attention throughout Europe; og i 1763 he met Richard Dalton (1715 – 1791), draughtsman, engraver and the English Royal Librarian who was traveling in Italy looking for acquisitions for King George III art collection.
Dalton offered him an appointment as Engraver to the King; which Bartolozzi accepted and left for London in 1764; where he lived for 42 flere år.
During his time in London he produced a large number of engravings, which included Clytie after Italian Painter Annibale Carracci (1560 – 1609), and of the Virgin and Child, after Italian Baroque Painter Carlo Dolci (1616/7 – 1686).
A large proportion of them are from the works of Italian Painter Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 – 1785) and British Painter Angelica Kauffman (1741 – 1807). Bartolozzi also contributed a number of plates to Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery.