I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura Di Andrea Palladio. Ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato de' cinque ordini, & di quelli auertimenti, che sono piu necessarij nel fabricare; Si Tratta Delle Case Private, delle Vie, de i Ponti, delle Piazze, de i Xisti, et de'Tempij.

published 1570

Andrea Palladio

Author, Italian, 1508 - 1580

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Artwork overview

Medium

4 parts in 1 vol: ill: woodcuts within text (156 full-page)
Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
Dimensions

page size: 29.2 x 20.1 cm (11 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 30 x 21.1 x 3.6 cm (11 13/16 x 8 5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Accession

1983.49.42

Provenance

Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

Thomas Jefferson Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, 2019-2020.

Bibliography

2000