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

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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.

Dimensions

book: 51.8 x 37.8 x 3.2 cm (20 3/8 x 14 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

B.H. Breslauer Foundation Fund

Accession Number

2006.94.1

Artists / Makers

Alessandro Longhi (artist) Venetian, 1733 - 1813

Italian 18th Century (author)

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

unidentified stamp, FM with crown above, on center of front cover and on lower center of title page; Torn bookmark on front paste-down.

Provenance

(Pierre Berge); (Bernard Quarich); Purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Quaritch Ltd., Bernard

Exhibition History

2008: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 81 b.