| Title: |
The Holy Family |
| Engraver: |
Lewis, George Robert (London, 1782 - 1871) |
| Designer: |
Fra. Bartolommeo 'Baccio della Porta, Bartolomeo, Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo' (Savignano, c. 1472 - Florence, 1517) |
| Date: |
1818 (1823 Edition) |
| Medium: |
Original Soft Ground Etching |
| Publisher: |
Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London |
| Printer: |
J. Mc Creery, Tooks-Court, Chancery-Lane, London |
| Source: |
The Italian School of Design (Compiled by William Young Ottley) |
| Note: |
George Robert Lewis 'G. R. Lewis': The
younger brother of Frederick Christian Lewis, George Robert Lewis studied
at the Royal Academy, under Henry Fuseli. He was equally known for his
engravings and paintings and he exhibited annually at the Royal Academy
from 1820 to 1859. G. R. Lewis first worked with his elder brother before
making his mark as both an illustrator and publisher. His illustrated
works include Muscles of the Human Frame (1820), Illustrations
of Kilpeck Church (1842), Early Fonts of England (1843) and Description
of Shobdon Church (1856). Also, George Robert Lewis was commissioned to engrave works for William Young Ottley's set of original engravings and etchings entitled The Italian School of Design. The Holy Family is an original soft ground etching created by R. Lewis based upon a drawing created by Fra. Bartolommeo. It depicts a religious scene with the Holy Family. |
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Fra. Bartolommeo (Baccio della Porta): A superb Renaissance painter of religious subjects, Fra Bartolommeo lived and worked in Venice, Florence and Rome.
This artist is listed under various names, Bartolomeo, Baccio della Porta, Bartolommeo del Fattorino, Fra Bartolommeo di
San Marco, Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo. He was born in Savignano between 1469 and 1472 and died in Florence in 1517. Bartolomeo began
as an apprentice in the workshop of Cosimo Rosselliin 1482 Fra Bartolommeo lived and worked in both Venice, Florence and Rome. Baccio became a Dominican Friar around 1500 and entered the convent of San Marco where he became head
of the monastery workshop. A few of his masterworks include the Assumption (1509-1515), Apparition de la Vierge a Saint Bernard (1504), Le Judgment Dermier (1498-1499), Sainte Famille (1516), La Vierge entre Saint Paul et Saint Pierre (1511) and
many other important paintings. Fra. Bartolommeo's paintings can be viewed at the J. Paul Getty Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of art, the Museum of San Marco at the Dominican Convent,
the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and many other important institutions. Fra. Bartolommeo's drawing entitled, The Holy Family is possibly a
study for the painting housed in the Corsini Gallery in Rome. |
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William Young Ottley: Born in Thatcham, England, 1771, William Ottley will forever be remembered both as an artist and as an art scholar. Having studied art under Cuitt and then in the Schools of the Royal Academy, London, William Ottley went to Italy in 1791 where he resided for ten years, researching and collecting works of Renaissance art. During his life Ottley became the greatest authority on the art of the Italian Renaissance and, upon returning to London, published a number of portfolios and books upon this subject. Apart from the biographical and scholarly information William Ottley unearthed, the most valuable product of his researches was the meticulously detailed and artistic etchings and engravings he published. Either in their large folio size or in the smaller miniatures, these outstanding masterpieces of original printmaking have been admired for almost two centuries. Later in his life (1833), William Young Ottley was appointed to the prestigious post of Keeper of the Prints for the British Museum. |
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The literary contributions of William Young Ottley included such works as, "The Italian School Of Design" (1808-1823), "An Inquiry Into The Origin And Early History of Engraving, Upon copper and in Wood, With An Account of Engravers And Their Works, From The Invention of Chalcography By Maso Finiguerra, To The Time of Marc' Antonio Raimondi", 2 volumes, (1816), "Engravings Of The Most Noble The Marquis Of Stafford's Collection Of Pictures, In London, Arranged According To Schools, And In Chronological Order, With Remarks On Each Picture,", 3 vols. (1818), "A Series of Plates, Engraved After The Paintings And Sculptures Of The Most Eminent Masters Of The Early Florentine School"; (1826), "A Descriptive Catalogue of The Pictures In The National Gallery" (1826), "The Original and Early History of Engraving", 2 volumes (1826), and "A Collection of One Hundred and Twenty-Nine Fac-Similes of Scarce and Curious Prints, By the Early Masters of the Italian, German, and Flemish Schools" (1828). Then in (1831), Ottley authored, "Notices of Engravers, and Their Works: Being The Commencement of a New Dictionary, Which it is Not Intended Continue, Containing Some Account of Upwards of Three Hundred Masters...", and "An Enquiry Concerning the Invention of Printing" was published posthumously (1863). The Finding of the True Cross by George Robert Lewis etched after a drawing by Fra. Bartolommeo, Baccio della Porta hails from William Young Ottley's portfolio entitled, The Italian School of Design published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London in 1823. |
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Of all William Young Ottley's works of art, The Italian School of Design stands as his paramount achievement. Concentrating upon the drawings in his own collection by such masters of the High Renaissance as Raphaele, Correggio, the Carraccis, Salvator Rosa and other early Italian artists, William Ottley began work on his major opus as early as 1808, publishing etchings and engravings in monthly parts and concluding the work in 1823. Altogether the completed portfolio contained eighty-four plates, engraved by such eminent artists as Luigi Schiavonetti (1765 - 1810), Thomas Vivares (1735 - 1821), William Long (act. early 19th c.), Giovanni Vendramini (1769 - 1839), J. Perry, John Romney (1786 - 1863), Ignace Joseph de Claussen (1769 95 - 1844), William Young Ottley (1771 - 1836), Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856), and his younger brother, George Lewis (1782 - 1871), and others. The utmost care was taken with each engraved work, with the artists often venturing into the most complex mediums, such as stippling, soft-ground and aquatint. Ottley himself supervised the progress of each etching. These original etchings revolutionized British trends in art and had a profound impact upon the art of the Pre-Raphaelites in the later nineteenth century. An original soft ground etching, The Holy Family was etched in 1818 by George Robert Lewis for William Young Ottley's The Italian School of Design. The Royal Academy of Arts Museum, London also includes an impression of The Holy Family and ‘Hercules & Antaeus’ from the 1823 “The Italian School of Design” edition in its collection (Object number:17/4027). |
| Size: |
8 X 9 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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UnMatted |
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Price: $325.00 US |
| Condition: |
Printed upon 'Whatman' watermarked paper as created by G. R. Lewis in 1818 for William Young Ottley's portfolio entitled, The Italian School of Design published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London in 1823. Bearing the text, "The Holy Family", "Fra. Bartolommeo.", Pub.d. May 1 1818. by W. Y. Ottley, Kensington" under the image. A well printed impression and bearing all the fine lines and tonal values of a very early impression. Fra. Bartolommeo's The Holy Family represents a premier, original example of Ottley's, Italian School of Design, and of the famous art of George Robert Lewis. |
| Subject: |
George Robert Lewis, 'G. R. Lewis', The Holy Family, Italian School of Design, William Young Ottley,
19th century engravings, Fra. Bartolommeo 'Baccio della Porta, Bartolomeo, Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo', Ottley's,
The Italian School of Design. |
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