Head and shoulders, looking to left with head tilted upwards, pointing upwards with left hand. Print by Sir Robert Strange (1721 – 1792). Born in Kirkwall, Orkney, Strange was apprenticed to Richard Cooper, the Edinburgh engraver. An ardent Jacobite, he joined the 1745 Rising and went into exile after the defeat at Culloden. He married the sister of the Secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart and studied engraving in Rouen and Paris. In 1750 he settled in London, where he established himself as a leading engraver. He spent four years in Italy in the 1760s and lived in Paris from 1775 to 1780. He was knighted by George III in 1787. After the painting by Guido Reni (1575 – 1642). Guido Reni was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style. He painted primarily religious works, as well as mythological and allegorical subjects. Active in Rome, Naples, and his native Bologna, he became the dominant figure in the Bolognese School, and his eclectic classicism was widely influential. Inscription: Lettered below the image’From the Painting of Guido Rhenie, in the Possession of Charles Chauncey M. / Guido Rheni Pinxt. Strange delineavit et Sculpt. Image size 9 1/2 inch x 7 3/8 inch. The item “ARCHANGEL GABRIEL c. 1765 Robert Strange Guido Reni ANTIQUE ETCHING” is in sale since Thursday, November 23, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Art Prints”. The seller is “rarefilmposters” and is located in Deal. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Subject: Religious
- Medium: Etching
- Originality: Original
- Year: 1765
- Print Surface: Paper