Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman vases [art original].

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Description

Title: Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman vases [art original].
Alternative Title: Drawings by Müntz
Creator: Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist
Published / Created: [between 1751 and 1773]
Publication Place: Rome or Amsterdam
Abstract: A collection of 63 drawings and technical designs, correctly measured, dissected, and geometrically drawn by J.W. Müntz presumably when he worked with Horace Walpole to renew the technique of antique encaustic painting
Description: Title assigned by cataloger.
Date from early dealer's description in French, mounted on inside front cover.
Originally accompanied by a 196 p. manuscript description, now in the Victoria and Albert Library, London. A copy of the translation, incomplete and unverified, filed in the Object file.
Bound in deep red morocco, with ornate gold tooling, rebacked.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Purchased from Walter Schatzki, February 1947.
Extent: 63 drawings in 1 album : binding 31 x 48 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English