Histoire De La Peinture En Italie. Par M. B. A. A. [Epigraph] Tome Premier. (Second.)
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/5553
Imprint
Paris,: P. Didot L'Ainé, Imprimeur Du Roi., MDCCCXVII.
Physical Description
2 vols.; 202 mm. (Octavo.)
General Note
Vol. I: [4], lxxxvi, [2], 298 p. - Vol. II: [6], 452 p.
Contents
Vol. I: [T.p.] - Errata Du Premier Volume - Introduction - [Divisional t.p., 'École De Florence] - [Text] - Table Du Premier Volume - Appendice - Table Du Premier Volume. - Vol. II: [Half-t., t.p.] - Errata Du Second Volume - [Text] - Épilogue, Cours De 50 Heures - Table Du Second Volume.
References
An English abridgment is included in D. Wakefield, ed., Stendhal and the arts (1973).
Summary Note
The text is by the novelist, Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle). It is a secondary account of the development of painting in Florence, up to the time of Michelangelo; in which Stendhal stresses the importance of feeling both in the creation and appreciation of works of art.
Provenance
At the rear of Volume I is pasted in an autograph letter from Stendhal in Italian, presenting this copy of the work 'of a friend' to Henry Sass, with the request that he will encourage other art-lovers in London to read it. The letter carries the date of '20 Dicembre' and states that the three last volumes of his book will appear in 1820. Presentation of the copy to the Royal Academy was acknowledged on 12 January 1819 (CM VI, 27-8). Henry Sass's own A Journey To Rome ... Containing Observations On The Fine Arts appeared in 1818.
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; rebacked and recornered in 1993 by A. Wessely, spines lettered 'Histoire De La Peinture En Italie - Tome I (II)'.
Subject
Painting - Italy - Tuscany - Florence - History - Renaissance
Art history - Art criticism - 19th century