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Coloritto or the Harmony of Colouring in Painting / L'harmonie du coloris dans la peinture
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L'art d'imprimer les tableaux. Traité d'après les écrits, les opérations & les instructions verbales, de J. C. Le Blon
Coloritto or the Harmony of Colouring in Painting / L'harmonie du coloris dans la peinture
Author: Antoine Gautier de Montdorge (French, 1701–1768)
Author: Jacob Christoph LeBlon (1667–1741)
Engraver: Pierre François Tardieu (French, 1711–1771)
After: Jean Robert (French, active 1746–1782)
Printer and Publisher: Pierre Gilles Le Mercier (French, active 1735–1766)
Publisher: Nyon (French, 18th century)
Publisher: Michel Lambert (French, 1722?–1787)
Author: Jacob Christoph LeBlon (1667–1741)
Engraver: Pierre François Tardieu (French, 1711–1771)
After: Jean Robert (French, active 1746–1782)
Printer and Publisher: Pierre Gilles Le Mercier (French, active 1735–1766)
Publisher: Nyon (French, 18th century)
Publisher: Michel Lambert (French, 1722?–1787)
1756
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with one hand-colored color mezzotint and two engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 15.4 x 2.8 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR452
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Pierre Gilles Le Mercier, Jean-Luc Nyon, and Michel Lambert, 1756
Description(Paris: P. G. Le Mercier, Jean-Luc Nyon, and Michel Lambert, 1756) Octavo; 96 leaves, plus three plates; modern blue buckram, over original pastepaper wraps.
Printed color palette (color-printed, plus hand coloring); illustrations of mezzotint tools and method of rocking plates
Printed color palette (color-printed, plus hand coloring); illustrations of mezzotint tools and method of rocking plates
ProvenanceSylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900, first curator of prints at MFA), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.