The art of painting, . in all its branches, methodically demonstrated by discourses and plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters; ...
Gerard Lairesse (Liege 1641 – Amsterdam 1711)
Category
Books
Date
1738
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3002305
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. ([2],iv,[10],654,[2]p.;[72] plates . 4to.. With all 72 plates, bound in one volume. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; double gilt fillet border and gilt tooled border; five raised bands; spine gilt decorated and spine label gilt lettered: "De Lairesse Art of Painting".
Makers and roles
Gerard Lairesse (Liege 1641 – Amsterdam 1711) John Frederick Fritsch