The art of painting : in all its branches : methodically demonstrated by discourses and plates : and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters : and their perfections and oversights laid open / by Gerard de Lairesse ; translated by John Frederick Fritsch.

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Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711, The art of painting , 1778

Creator:: Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Title(s):: The art of painting : in all its branches : methodically demonstrated by discourses and plates : and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters : and their perfections and oversights laid open / by Gerard de Lairesse ; translated by John Frederick Fritsch.
Additional Title(s):: Groot schilderboek. English.
Published/Created:: London : Printed for S. Vandenberg [et. al.], 1778.
Physical Description:: [20], 504 p., [71] leaves of plates : ill. (some folded) ; 26 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND1130 L313 1778
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3405597
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Title in red and black.
English short title catalogue, T129111
Translation of: Het groot schilderboek.
BAC: Plate [LVI] numbered as Plate LIV.
BAC: Contains head- pieces.
Illustrations by I. Carwitham; after Gerard de Lairesse.
Subject Terms:: Art -- Early works to 1800.
Composition (Art) -- Early works to 1800.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1778.
Painting -- Early works to 1800.
Vandenberg, S. -- Publisher.
Contributors:: Carwitham, J. (John), engraver.
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711, ill.
Fritsch, John Frederick.
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