Collection of eighteen woodcuts

John Baptist Jackson (1700 - 1777)

Hunterian Art Gallery

1739 - 1743

Eighteen chiaroscuro woodcuts after J.Bassano, F.Bassano, L. Bassano, Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto, & Rembrandt. Published by G.B.Pasquale, Venice. John Baptist Jackson was Britain's first outstanding wood block artist, best known for his revival of the chiaroscuro woodcut and for his adaptation of the colour woodcut to wallpaper printing.

• Medium: woodcut
• Dimensions: 72 x 53 cm
• Grant Paid: £2000 ( Total: £8000)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Mrs C E Lloyd-Jacob

Provenance

Sir Roger Newdigate; by descent to Lord Daventry; The Newdigate Settlement sale, Christie's 1/7/87, lot 321; Mrs C.E.Lloyd-Jacob.

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