Galerie Giustiniani, ou, Catalogue figuré des tableaux de cette célèbre galerie, transportée d'Italie en France, accompagné d'observations critiques et historiques, et de soixante-douze planches gravée au trait, contenant environ cent cinquante sujets
Series title: Annales du musée et de l'école moderne des beaux-arts. Seconde collection. Partie ancienne.
Contemporary binding with arms of Empress Marie-Louise, the second wife of Napoleon I. Gold-tooled red morocco binding with central armorial stamp; all edges gilt; turquoise silk endleaves
The book memorializes the early 17th century collection of the brothers Cardinal Benedetto and Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani, which included great works by artists from Raphael to Caravaggio and Poussin, and which was dispersed in 1815.
Contemporary binding with arms of Empress Marie-Louise, the second wife of Napoleon I. Gold-tooled red morocco binding with central armorial stamp; all edges gilt; turquoise silk endleaves
The book memorializes the early 17th century collection of the brothers Cardinal Benedetto and Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani, which included great works by artists from Raphael to Caravaggio and Poussin, and which was dispersed in 1815.
Artwork Details
- Title: Galerie Giustiniani, ou, Catalogue figuré des tableaux de cette célèbre galerie, transportée d'Italie en France, accompagné d'observations critiques et historiques, et de soixante-douze planches gravée au trait, contenant environ cent cinquante sujets
- Editor: Charles-Paul Landon
- Printer: Chaignieau (French)
- Binder: Simier
- Date: 1812
- Geography: Paris, France
- Dimensions: 160 pages, 73 leaves of plates; Height: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2008
- Object Number: ND616 .G35 1812
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Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1800–20
Paris: 1809–1829
Michel Eugène Chevreul
1839
Louis Gonse
1883
1885
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