Wednesday, October 23, 2013

HAMILTONIANA ROMANA: Bruto II -- by Gavin Hamilton

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Irwin:
 
"The Brutus Hamilton later offered in a second version to Lord Shelburne in 1779.
 
Hamilton explained in a letter that the Hopetoun Bruto had "gained me some credit," but he thinks that the new work "is one of my best productions in painting.'"
 
"It was this Brutus -- the Lord Shelburne Bruto -- that Canova saw in Hamilton's studio in 1780, and wrote in his diary that it was "cosi ben inventato e di bel carattere secondo l'uso antico, il colorito poi non mi pare tanto eccellente.""

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