Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
Title:
A treatise on painting / by Leonardo da Vinci ; faithfully translated from the original Italian, and now first digested under proper heads, by John Francis Rigaud, Esq. ; Academician of The Royal Academy of Painting at London, and also of The Academia Clementina at Bologna, and The Royal Academy at Stockholm ; illustrated with twenty-three copper-plates, and other figures ; to which is prefixed a new life of the author, drawn up from authentic materials till now inaccessible, by John Sidney Hawkins, Esq. F.A.S.
Alternate Title(s):
Trattato della pittura. English
Published / Created:
London : Printed for J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, High Holborn, 1802.
Physical Description:
[2], xcv, [1], 236 p., 22 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., diagrs., port. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Translation of: Trattato della pittura.
Subject Terms:
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519. | Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519 -- Biography. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Painting -- Technique. | Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Taylor, J. -- Publisher. | Willis, Elizabeth P. -- Autograph. | Stolow, Nathan -- Autograph, 1956.
Form/Genre:
Handbooks and manuals. | Drawing books. | Engravings -- 1802. | Publisher's advertisements.
Contributors:
Riguad, J. F. (John Francis), 1742–1810, tr. | Hawkins, John Sidney, 1758–1842. | Milton, Thomas, 1743?-1827, engraver.