COLLECTION NAME:
Walter Scott Image Collection
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Walter Scott Image Collection
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Work Record ID:
0030120
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Licence:
Shelfmark:
Corson P.7025
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Corson P.7025
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Title:
Boccaccio: From a Print by Cornelius Van Dalen
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Boccaccio: From a Print by Cornelius Van Dalen
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Alternate Title:
Steel engraved portrait of Boccaccio by W. Hopwood after a print by C. Van Dalen
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Steel engraved portrait of Boccaccio by W. Hopwood after a print by C. Van Dalen
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Creator:
Dalen, Cornelius van I
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Dalen, Cornelius van I
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Creator Role:
Printmaker
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Printmaker
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Associate Creator:
Hopwood, William
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Hopwood, William
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Associate Creator Role:
Engraver
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Engraver
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Date:
1853
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1853
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Description:
Engraved portrait of the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio was a lifelong favourite of Sir Walter Scott and is frequently cited in the Waverley Novels. While a college student, Scott took private Italian lessons to be able to read Ariosto, Tasso, Boccaccio, and Boiardo in the original. He gave Edward Waverley, hero of his first novel (1814), much of his own love of Italian literature. The 17th-print by Van Dalen was taken from a portrait in the Royal Collection which is now attributed to Titian. It is now thought that the sitter is not Boccaccio but Jacopo Sannazaro.
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Engraved portrait of the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio was a lifelong favourite of Sir Walter Scott and is frequently cited in the Waverley Novels. While a college student, Scott took private Italian lessons to be able to read Ariosto, Tasso, Boccaccio, and Boiardo in the original. He gave Edward Waverley, hero of his first novel (1814), much of his own love of Italian literature. The 17th-print by Van Dalen was taken from a portrait in the Royal Collection which is now attributed to Titian. It is now thought that the sitter is not Boccaccio but Jacopo Sannazaro.
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Work Type:
Engraving
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Engraving
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Measurement:
17.6 x 23.9cm (6 15/16 x 9 7/16")
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17.6 x 23.9cm (6 15/16 x 9 7/16")
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Material:
Ink
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Ink
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Material:
Paper
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Paper
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Technique:
Steel Engraving
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Steel Engraving
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Location:
TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
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TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
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Repository:
Corson Collection
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Corson Collection
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Source:
The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Poets, vol. I. London: Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1853
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The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Poets, vol. I. London: Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1853
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Subject Person:
Boccaccio, Giovanni
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Boccaccio, Giovanni
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Subject Person:
Scott, Walter, Sir
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Subject Category:
Books and reading
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Books and reading
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Subject Category:
Portraits
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Portraits
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Related Work Title:
[Portraits]
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[Portraits]
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Repro File Type:
Derivative TIFF
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Derivative TIFF
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Repro File Size (bytes):
49855740
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Repro Capture Date:
23/04/2012 12:03:00
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23/04/2012 12:03:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
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© The University of Edinburgh
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