Self-Portrait of Guercino

1792–98

Not on view

This print is based on a painting by Benedetto Gennari at Windsor Castle which reproduces a lost painting by Guercino (when Richard Dalton purchased the oil for George III, it was considered a signature work). Serving as the frontispiece to a volume that promoted the king's unrivalled collection of Guercino drawings, Bartolozzi's print was first published by Dalton in 1764. In the image, Guercino works on a painting of Cupid as a hunter, carrying a bow and arrows, and accompanied by a hound. London publishers, John and Josiah Boydell, reissued the print in the mid-to-late 1790s shortly after acquiring Dalton's related set of printing plates.

Artwork Details

Title: Self-Portrait of Guercino
Series/Portfolio: Eighty-two prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, etc., from the original drawings of Guercino in the collection of His Majesty, vol. I
Etcher: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Artist: After Benedetto Gennari (Italian, 1633–1715)
Artist: After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786–1804)
Date: 1792–98
Medium: Etching and engraving, printed in brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 5/16 × 13 3/4 in. (51.6 × 35 cm)
Plate: 12 1/2 × 10 9/16 in. (31.8 × 26.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.659(1)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Eighty-two prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, etc., from the original drawings of Guercino in the collection of His Majesty, vol. I / Seventy-three prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi &c. from the Original Pictures and Drawings of Michaelangelo, Domenichino, Annibal, Lodovico, and Agostino Carraci, Guercino, P. da Cortona, Carlo Maratti, Elisabetta Sirani, Pellegrino Tibaldi, Franceschino &c. in the collection of His Majesty, &c., vol. II

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