La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois, avec des portraits gravés en taille-douche,
une indication de leurs principaux ouvrages, & des réflexions sur leurs différentes manieres.

Description

Main Author

Descamps, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1715-1791

Related Names

Ficquet, Etienne, 1719-1794.

Language(s)

French

Published

Paris, C.A. Jombert, 1753-64.

Subjects

Painters
Artists
Portraits as Topic
Art
Artists > Artists / Portraits.
Painters > Painters / Netherlands.
Painters > Painters / Germany.
Painters > Painters / Belgium.
Netherlands
Germany
Belgium
Biography

Note

Includes indexes at end of each vol. and for each vol. in v. 4. Includes errata.
Pagination of the text of the 4 v.: 437, 480, 402, 302 p. Printing errors in pagination throughout.
Some portraits engraved by Etienne Ficquet, marked in the plate.
Title pages in black and red.
Publisher varies: v. 3-4: Desaint & Saillant, rue de S. Jean de Beauvais; Pissot, Quai de Conty; Durand, rue de Foin.
Printer's statement (Rouen : A. Viret) and privilege at end of v. 1 dated 1752.
Apparently first edition. Cf. Brunet II, column 608.

Physical Description

4 volumes illustrations, portraits 20 cm

Locate a Print Version

Find in a library

Viewability