Compendio delle Vite de' Pittori Veneziani istorici piùrinomati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti tratti dal naturale delineati ed incise da Alessandro Longhi Veneziano
1762
Artist, Venetian, 1733 - 1813
Author
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 24 etched portraits with etched decorative borders printed from separate plates; 24 engraved text pages with etched cartouches inset under text and with etched decorative borders, the three parts printed from separate plates; engravedtitle page; one dedication page with large etched coat-of-arms with engraved name and title of dedicatee below; another dedication page with engraved text and etched decorative border printed from separate plates; colophon with engraved text andborder, printed separately.
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 51.8 x 37.8 x 3.2 cm (20 3/8 x 14 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2006.94.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Pierre Berge); (Bernard Quarich); Purchased 2006 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2008
Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 81 b.
Markings
unidentified stamp, FM with crown above, on center of front cover and on lower center of title page; Torn bookmark on front paste-down.