Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects, etc.

1707
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects, etc.
  • Author: Andrea Pozzo (Italian, Trento 1642–1709 Vienna)
  • Translator: John James (British, active early 18th century)
  • Engraver: Engraved and published by John Sturt (British, London 1658–1730 London)
  • Printer: Benjamin Motte (British, died 1710)
  • Dedicatee: Anne, Queen of Great Britain (British, 1665–1714)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1707
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 10 13/16 x 1 15/16 in. (41.2 x 27.5 x 5 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.34
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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