Auction 20 / Prints and Drawings XVI-XX century, Paintings of the 19th-20th centuries

tue 14 JUNE 2016
Robert Thew (Patrington, 1758 - Stevenage, 1802) : Shakespeare. Macbeth. Act IV. Scene I. A dark cave, in the middle a cauldron boiling. Three witches, Macbeth, Hecate, & c. Da Joshua Reynolds. Joshua Reynolds (Plympton, 1723 - Londra, 1792), William Shakespeare - Auction Prints and Drawings XVI-XX century, Paintings of the 19th-20th centuries - Libreria Antiquaria Gonnelli - Casa d'Aste - Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
Lot 437

Robert Thew (Patrington, 1758 - Stevenage, 1802)

[ Joshua Reynolds (Plympton, 1723 - Londra, 1792), William Shakespeare ]

Shakespeare. Macbeth. Act IV. Scene I. A dark cave, in the middle a cauldron boiling. Three witches, Macbeth, Hecate, & c. Da Joshua Reynolds.

1802.

Incisione a punteggiato (stipple engraving). mm 625x500. Foglio: mm 535x670. Titolo in basso al centro, ai lati il testo ed i nomi degli autori, sotto dell'editore: "Painted by the late Sr. Joshua Reynolds/ President of the Royal Academy/ Engraved by Robt. Thew,/ Histl. Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales/ Pub. Decr. 1. 1802, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall & at No. 90, Cheapside, London." Una delle più celebri e belle incisioni contenute nella cosiddetta "Boydell Shakespeare Gallery": Collection of Prints, from Pictures for the Purpose of illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great Britain (London: John Boydell, 1803-[1805]). All'esecuzione dei dipinti commissionati da Boydell, destinati ad essere tradotti in incisioni allo scopo di finanziare l'impresa, collaborarono Joshua Reynolds, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Angelica Kauffman, Robert Smirke, John Opie, Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Kirk, Henry Thomson e Josiah Boydell.



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EUR 200,00
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