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Author Giorgio Vasari Italian
Frontispiece engraved by Cornelis Bloemaert Dutch
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Title: Le vite de pittori de Giorgio Vasari (The Lives of the Painters Sculptors and Architects), Bologna 1681
Author:
Giorgio Vasari (Italian, Arezzo 1511–1574 Florence)
Artist:
Frontispiece engraved by Cornelis Bloemaert (Dutch, Utrecht 1603–?1684 Rome)
Date: 1681
Medium: Book bound in three volumes with engraved frontispiece in volume I (Bloemaert) and illustrated with woodcut portraits of the artists throughout each volume
Dimensions: Overall for all volumes: 10 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (25.5 × 18 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1993
Object Number: 1993.1053
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