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Recueil de testes de caractere & de charges dessinées par Leonard de Vinci Florentin.
Etched by: Comte de Caylus (French, 1692–1765)
After: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519)
After: Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557–1602)
After: Lodovico Cigoli (Italian, 1559–1613)
Author: Pierre-Jean Mariette (French, 1694–1774)
Publisher: Jean Mariette (French, 1660–1742)
After: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519)
After: Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557–1602)
After: Lodovico Cigoli (Italian, 1559–1613)
Author: Pierre-Jean Mariette (French, 1694–1774)
Publisher: Jean Mariette (French, 1660–1742)
1730
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 61 etchings, two of which have chiaroscuro woodcut additions
Dimensions
Overall: 29.4 x 22.4 x 2 cm (11 9/16 x 8 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.746
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Jean Mariette, 1730
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 212; Verga, Bibliografia vinciana, 48
Description(Paris: Jean Mariette, 1730) Quarto; 45 leaves; eighteenth-century gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.
Reproductions of old master drawings, most attributed to Leonardo
Reproductions of old master drawings, most attributed to Leonardo
ProvenanceEighteenth-century ownership inscription on preliminary leaf and verso of last plate; W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955), by whom bequeathed to MFA, April 8, 1964.