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Le vite de pittori, scoltori, et architetti Genovesi

Domenico Piola (designer), Georges Tasnière (engraver), Raffaele Soprani (author)

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a closed leather-bound book. The book has a brown leather cover with a subtle, natural texture. It features a simple design with two thin gold lines close to the edge, and small gold floral embellishments at each corner. In the bottom left corner, there is a small label with the text "CASE 13: 2." The spine of the book has distinct ridges or raised bands typical of traditional bookbinding.

Artwork Details

Date
1674
Medium
bound volume with 1 engraved frontispiece and 21 engraved portraits with woodcut borders on laid paper
Dimensions
2719 × 3667 px
Public Domain
Yes
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