Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks: with Instructions for the Connoisseur and an Essay on Grace in Works of Art

Various artists/makers

1765

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Title: Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks: with Instructions for the Connoisseur and an Essay on Grace in Works of Art
Author: Johann Joachim Winckelmann (German, 1717–1768)
Translator: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
Publisher: Andrew Millar (London)
Publisher: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
Published in: London
Date: 1765
Medium: No illustrations
Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. (21.4 x 13.3 x 2.8 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
Object Number: 1970.565.230
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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