Hardcover
2009 · Washington
by Conisbee, Philip et al.
Washington: National Gallery of Art / Princeton University Press, 2009. Hardcover. VG- (Light wear to dj edges; page edges may be tanning lightly; otherwise clean.). Chocolate cloth, siena and color illus. dust jacket, 530 pp., 214 BW illus., 118 color illus. This lavishly illustrated and extensively annotated catalogue presents 99 specific pieces by more than 30 artists, "from works by Francois Clouet in the sixteenth century to paintings by Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun in the eighteenth." (dj) All are found in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, which has one of the most important collections of French old master paintings outside France. Includes an essay by Philip Consibee and a sizable bibliography. A hefty tome.
(Inventory #: 158333)