The Lives of the Painters Sculptors and Architects, Volume One

Author Giorgio Vasari Italian

1927

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Title: The Lives of the Painters Sculptors and Architects, Volume One
Author: Giorgio Vasari (Italian, Arezzo 1511–1574 Florence)
Date: 1927
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Walker Evans Archive, 1994
Object Number: 1994.265.216.1
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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