GRAVÜR DÜNYASI
Digital Engraving Library
| Engraver | Alexander Bannerman (1730-1779) |
| Date | 1805 |
| Technique | Etching |
| Category | Portraits |
| Source | A Dictionary of Painters From the Revival of the Art to the Present Period by the Rev. M.Pilkington A.M., a New Edition, With Considerable Alterations, Additions, an Appendix and an Index by Henry Fuseli R.A. - London. Printed by John Crowder, Warwick Square |
This engraving was produced after the death of the English painter John Greenhill (1644-1676) and reflects the portrait tradition of the Restoration period. The portrait was created to commemorate Greenhill, who died at a young age. A pupil of Sir Peter Lely, Greenhill adopted the elegant and restrained aesthetic characteristic of Restoration portraiture. Both John Baptist Gaspars (Jaspers) (d. 1691), a painter of portraits and tapestries, and John Greenhill were students of Sir Peter Lely
