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illustrated book
Object Type
print
illustrated book
Museum number
1857,0613.862-983
Description
"L'Etruria Pittrice Ovvero Storia Della Pittura Toscana Dedotta Dai Suoi Monumenti Che Si Esibiscono In Stampa Dal Secolo X. Fino Al Presente." Vols.I-II (Florence) 1791-95; a treatise in 2 volumes bound together on the history of painting in Tuscany, with a commentary text in Italian and also translated to French by Barthélemi Renard to each painting, vol.I including: a title-page with a lion carrying a flag with the Florentine fleur-delis, an ornamental border framing the text; the dedication to Sir John Macpherson; an artists index; a full-page illustration of Minerva and the genius of painting; an announcement to the readers; 61 plates (there are two plates numbered 24); vol. II: title-page with coat of arms and ornamental border; dedication to Fabio Feroni; artists index; a full-page illustration of the Virgin Mary at the tomb of Jesus Christ; 60 plates; with historiated initials mostly designed by Campiglia, headpieces often showing the portrait of the artist, and tail-pieces. Bound in blue leather British Museum binding. Etching, engraving, stipple
Producer name
Print made by:
Carlo Lasinio
Print made by:
Matteo Carboni
Print made by:
Ferdinando Gregori
Print made by:
Giambattista Galli
Print made by:
Gaetano Vascellini
Print made by:
Giovanni Battista Cecchi
Print made by:
Gaetano Cecchi
Print made by:
Antonio Fedi
Print made by:
Cosimo Colombini
Print made by:
Cosimo Mogalli
Print made by:
Benedetto Eredi
Print made by:
Simon Jean François Ravenet
Intermediary draughtsman:
Pietro Benvenuti
Intermediary draughtsman:
Giuseppe Pera
Intermediary draughtsman:
Luigi Sabatelli
Intermediary draughtsman:
Giuseppe Calendi
Intermediary draughtsman:
Santi Pacini
Intermediary draughtsman:
Antonio Fedi
Intermediary draughtsman:
Antonio Tendi
Intermediary draughtsman:
Carlo Bozzolini
Intermediary draughtsman:
Angiolo Volpini
Intermediary draughtsman:
Francesco Petrucci
Intermediary draughtsman:
Pietro Ermini
After:
Andrea Tafi
After:
Giovanni Cimabue
After:
Giotto
After:
Simone Martini
After:
Taddeo Gaddi
After:
Antonio Veneziano
After:
Paolo Uccello
After:
Andrea del Verrocchio
After:
Fra Angelico
After:
Benozzo Gozzoli
After:
Masolino
After:
Masaccio
After:
Fra Filippo Lippi
After:
Andrea del Castagno
After:
Alesso Baldovinetti
After:
Antonio Pollaiuolo
After:
Cosimo Rosselli
After:
Sandro Botticelli
After:
Domenico Ghirlandaio
After:
Leonardo da Vinci
After:
Pietro Perugino
After:
Lorenzo di Credi
After:
Luca Signorelli
After:
Francesco Granacci
After:
Michelangelo
After:
Domenico Puligo
After:
Baldassare Peruzzi
After:
Piero di Cosimo
After:
Fra Bartolommeo
After:
Mariotto Albertinelli
After:
Andrea del Sarto
After:
Giuliano Bugiardini
After:
Ridolfo Ghirlandaio
After:
Jacopo da Pontormo
After:
Giovanni Antonio Sogliani
After:
Domenico Beccafumi
After:
Perino del Vaga
After:
Angelo Bronzino
After:
Giorgio Vasari
After:
Cristofano Gherardi
After:
Francesco Salviati
After:
Battista Naldini
After:
Bartolommeo Neroni, called Riccio
After:
Alessandro Allori
After:
Ventura Salimbeni
After:
Alessandro Casolani
After:
Rutilio Manetti
After:
Francesco Rustici
After:
Antonio Tempesta
After:
Domenico Passignano
After:
Antonio Circignani
After:
Jacopo da Empoli
After:
Andrea Boscoli
After:
Gregorio Pagani
After:
Cristofano Allori
After:
Tommaso Manzuoli
After:
Agostino Ciampelli
After:
Girolamo Macchietti
After:
Fabrizio Boschi
After:
Francesco Curradi
After:
Ottavio Vannini
After:
Francesco Vanni
After:
Raffaello Vanni
After:
Lodovico Buti
After:
Aurelio Lomi
After:
Artemisia Gentileschi
After:
Orazio Riminaldi
After:
Pietro Sorri
After:
Anastasio Fontebuoni
After:
Felice Ficherelli
After:
Lodovico Cigoli
After:
Andrea Commodi
After:
Cesare Dandini
After:
Francesco Montelatici (Cecco Bravo)
After:
Pietro da Cortona
After:
Giovanni Maria Morandi
After:
Matteo Rosselli
After:
Giovanni Manozzi
After:
Jacopo Vignali
After:
Lorenzo Lippi
After:
Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano
After:
Vincenzo Dandini
After:
Antonio Domenico Gabbiani
After:
Giuseppe Niccolo Nasini
After:
Giuseppe Melani
After:
Simone Pignoni
After:
Carlo Dolci
After:
Onorio Marinari
After:
Pietro Dandini
After:
Cosimo Ulivelli
After:
Benedetto Luti
After:
Tommaso Redi
After:
Alessandro Gherardini
After:
Niccolo Lapi
After:
Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani
After:
Vincenzo Meucci
After:
Giuseppe Grisoni
Published by:
Niccolo Pagni
Published by:
Giuseppe Bardi
School/style
Italian
Production date
1791-95
Production place
Published in:
Florence (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
letterpress
engraving
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
490 millimetres
(approx. sheet size)
Width:
315 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The British Library attributes the text to Marco Lastri (1731-1811). Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
Location
Not on display
Subjects
art
history
Associated names
Associated with:
Sir John Macpherson
(Dedicatee)
Associated places
Associated with:
Tuscany
Associated titles
Associated Title:
L'Etruria Pittrice
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date
1857
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1857,0613.862-983
