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A Collection of Historical Prints, Engraved from Pictures by the Most Celebrated Painters, of the Roman, Florentine, Lombard, Venetian, and Other Schools: With Descriptive Remarks on the Same

Engraved by: Sir Robert Strange (Scottish, active in England, 1721–1792)
After: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805)
After: Philips Wouwerman (Dutch, 1619–1668)
After: Carle van Loo (French, 1705–1765)
After: Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642)
After: Carlo Maratti (Italian (Roman), 1625–1713)
After: Carlo Antonio Sacchi (Italian, about 1616 to about 1706)
After: Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian (Roman), 1596–1669)
After: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641)
After: Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673)
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
After: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian (Bolognese), 1591–1666)
After: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian (Venetian), about 1488–1576)
After: Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian (Parmese), about 1489–1534)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
After: Bartolomeo Schedoni (Italian, 1578–1615)
After: Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)
After: Carlo Dolci (Italian (Florentine), 1616–1686)
After: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617–1682)
After: Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) (Italian, 1581–1641)
about 1787
Place of Publication: London, England

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 50 engravings
Dimensions Overall: 68.7 x 51 x 3.8 cm (27 1/16 x 20 1/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Thomas Henderson Chandler
Accession NumberM21371.1-.50
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[London: about 1787]

Description[London: about 1787] Large folio; 10 leaves, plus 50 plates; contemporary half gilt-stamped red morocco, marbled paper boards.

Engraver's portrait; reproductions of old master paintings
ProvenanceThomas H. Chandler, by whom given to MFA, September 1910.