Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects, etc.

Multiple artists/makers

1707

Not on view

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Title: Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects, etc.
Author: Andrea Pozzo (Italian, Trento 1642–1709 Vienna)
Translator: John James (British, active early 18th century)
Engraver: Engraved and published by John Sturt (British, London 1658–1730 London)
Printer: Benjamin Motte (British, died 1710)
Dedicatee: Anne, Queen of Great Britain (British, 1665–1714)
Published in: London
Date: 1707
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 10 13/16 x 1 15/16 in. (41.2 x 27.5 x 5 cm)
Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Object Number: 41.100.34
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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