Renaissance Master Bronzes from the Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Softcover
1986 · London
by Leithe-Jasper, Manfred
London: Scala Books / Smithsonian Institution, 1986. Softcover. VG- clean, tight, unread but with light shelf wear.. Maroon wraps with color image and white lettering. 304 pp. with 75 color plates, 10 bw text figures and additional bw figures accompanying the color plates. Part of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Servicve, Washington, D.C. With an introduction by Donald R. McClelland and essays by Douglas Lewis (On the nature of Renaissance bronzes) and Leithe-Jasper (Renaissance bronzes in the Vienna Collection). Includes a short list of books in English related to the exhibition. The catalogue contains the 75 superb bronzes on exhibit from the Kunsthistorisches collection in Vienna. Each piece is thoroughly annotated. Included are biographies of artists whose works appear in the exhibition, a list of inventories relevant to the history of provenances of the bronzes in the Vienna Collection, and a bibliography. A beautiful catalogue. (Inventory #: 159624)