Knapton's brother, Charles Knapton (1700–1760), was also an artist and, together with Arthur Pond (1705?-1758), published a book Imitations of the Italian Masters (1735), which contained many engravings by himself, mainly of works by Guercino.
At an early age he acquired the nickname Guercino (Italian for 'squinter') because he was cross-eyed.
A well-known Elijah fed by Ravens painted in 1620 by Guercino hangs in the National Gallery.
He was influential in bringing the Bolognese artist Guercino to Rome, a landmark in the development of the High
The collection of Teylers Museum is most famous for its extensive collection of old master's prints and drawings, including 25 works by Michelangelo - among them preliminary studies for the fresco’s on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel - and important works by Raphael, Guercino, and Claude Lorrain.
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Of Lombard origin, the city was ruled by the Torelli family from 1406 to 1539, when it became the capital of a duchy under the Gonzaga family and housed artists like Guercino and Torquato Tasso.
The Italian school is represented with drawings by Pontormo, Guercino, Giovanni Lanfranco, Salvator Rosa and with twenty one Tuscan drawings from the 16th and early 17th centuries by Fra Angelico, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Francesco Salviati, Baldassare Peruzzi, Il Sodoma and Giorgio Vasari.