1684 Art of Painting Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy French Arte Graphica Peinture

1684 Art of Painting Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy French Arte Graphica Peinture

Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy was a 17^th-century French painter who is best-known for his literature on art and art history. His best written work was ‘De Arte Graphica’ – a collection of his poetic observations on fine art and painting – was part of his greater ‘The Art of Painting”. Fresnoy used this book to instruct art students and many of the remarks on art still hold value to artists and art historians today.

Item number: #23603

Price: $950

DU FRESNOY, Charles Alphonse

L’art de peinture

A Paris : Chez Nicolas Langlois, 1684.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [12], 276, [60]
  • 30 engravings
• Provenance: Handwritten – Claude Charles, Nancy, 1697
  • Claude Charles (1661–1747) was a French historical and decorative painter from Nancy. He also served as a Herald-at-Arms and court painter to Leopold, Duke of Lorraine in 1703. Twenty-seven of his works are classified as historical monuments.
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 3.75in (16.5cm x 9.5cm)

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