Landscape with several figures bathing in a river (after Guercino)
Charles Knapton (1700-1760)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper
Measurements
280 x 390 mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286416
Summary
Etching, Landscape with several figures bathing in a river (after Guercino) by Charles Knapton (1700-1760). Sepia engraving by C. Knapton after Guercino entiled; 'E. Museo Dru Jonathanis Richardson'. To the right is a clump of trees with a river in the centre and people bathing in it. A punt is on the river and a bridge in the distance with buildings and trees on the horizon. Foxed.
Makers and roles
Charles Knapton (1700-1760), engraver (printmaker) after Guercino (Cento 1591 – Bologna 1666) , artist