Opus Elegantissimum
Artwork Details
- Title: Opus Elegantissimum
- Artist: Gerard de Lairesse (Dutch, Liège 1641–1711 Amsterdam)
- Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher II (Dutch, 1649–1702)
- Engraver: Abraham de Blois (active 1679-1720)
- Engraver: Abraham Blooteling (Dutch, 1640–1690)
- Engraver: Jacob Gole (Dutch, 1660–?1737)
- Published in: Amsterdam
- Date: ca. 1690
- Medium: Book containing 116 etchings and mezzotints with modern red buckram binding
- Dimensions: Overall: 20 3/8 x 15 1/4 x 1 5/16 in. (51.8 x 38.7 x 3.4 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
- Object Number: 2018.839.112 (1–116)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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