The portraits of the most eminent painters, and other famous artists, that have flourished in Europe. Curiously engraven on above one hundred copper plates. By F. Bouttats, P. De Jode, Senior, P. De Jode, Junior, W. Hollar, P. Pontius, J. Vorsterman, C. Waumans, &c. from original paintings of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Cornelius Janssens, Guido Rheni, David Teniers, and other celebrated Masters. With An Account of their Lives, Characters, and most considerable Works. To which is now added, An historical and chronological series of all the most eminent painters for near Five Hundred Years. Chiefly collected from a manuscript of the late famous Father Resta.
- Resta, Sebastiano.
- Date:
- MDCCXXXIX. [1739]
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for, and sold by Joseph Duke, at Virgil's Head, the Back of the Royal-Exchange, next the Bank, MDCCXXXIX. [1739]
Physical description
[8],63,[1];18p.,102plates : ports. ; 40.
References note
ESTC T144484
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.