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Venice and Northern Italy, 1600–1800 a.d.


  Description

Design for a "Corinthian Hall" by G. Leoni: From The Architecture of A. Palladio in Four Books (vol. 1, book 2, plate XXVIII), 1715
Author: Andrea Palladio (Andrea di Pietro della Gondola) (Italian, 1508–1580)
Engraver: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
Editor: James (Giacomo) Leoni (ca. 1686–1746); Translator: Nicholas Dubois (ca. 1665–1735)
London: Printed by John Watts for the author Giacomo Leoni, 1715
Overall: 17 3/4 x 12 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (45.1 x 32.4 x 6 cm)
Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941 (41.100.169.28)