Le vite de pittori, scoltori, et architetti Genovesi

1674

Domenico Piola (designer), Georges Tasnière (engraver), Raffaele Soprani (author)

Associated Names
Domenico Piola

Designer, Italian, Genoese, 1628 - 1703

Georges Tasnière

Engraver, French, 1632 - 1704

Raffaele Soprani

Author, Genoese, 1612 - 1672

This is a photograph of a closed leather-bound book. The book has a brown leather cover with a subtle, natural texture. It features a simple design with two thin gold lines close to the edge, and small gold floral embellishments at each corner. In the bottom left corner, there is a small label with the text "CASE 13: 2." The spine of the book has distinct ridges or raised bands typical of traditional bookbinding.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 1 engraved frontispiece and 21 engraved portraits with woodcut borders on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    book: 53.34 × 17.78 × 2.86 cm (21 × 7 × 1 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.107.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Victor Albert George Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey [1845-1915], London (bookplate). Wigan Free Public Library, Manchester (bookplate and stamp, Lugt undescribed). [Studio Bibliografico, Molinella, Bologna]; Puchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

inside cover upper left in graphite: 14/b; in pen across free end-paper; cat bought July 1909./ H7.7.; on verso of title-page in graphite: H. 3.418; center: 48349; square stamp in purple with graphite: case 13:2; lower cover upper left in graphite: [not deciphered]

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