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Compendio delle Vite de' Pittori Veneziani istorici piùrinomati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti tratti dal naturale delineati ed incise da Alessandro Longhi Veneziano

Alessandro Longhi1762

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

  • Title: Compendio delle Vite de' Pittori Veneziani istorici piùrinomati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti tratti dal naturale delineati ed incise da Alessandro Longhi Veneziano
  • Creator: Alessandro Longhi and Italian 18th Century (author)
  • Date Created: 1762
  • Physical Dimensions: book: 51.8 x 37.8 x 3.2 cm (20 3/8 x 14 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
  • Provenance: (Pierre Berge); (Bernard Quarich); Purchased 2006 by NGA.
  • Rights: CC0
  • 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.
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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