Painting guided by Minerva into the path of Fame

Simon Gribelin (1662 - 1733)

RA Collection: Art

Title

Engraved by

Simon Gribelin (1662 - 1733)

After

Henry Cooke (1642 - 1700)

From

C.A. Du Fresnoy, De arte graphica: the art of painting ... translated by John Dryden, London 1695, additional title-plate

Object type

Title-page

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

190 mm x 145 mm

Collection

Royal Academy of Arts

Object number

05/2155

This image is from a book

De Arte Graphica. - The Art of Painting, By C.A. Du Fresnoy. With Remarks. - Translated into English, Together with an Original Preface containing A Parallel betwixt Painting and Poetry. - By Mr. Dryden. - As also a Short Account of the most Eminent Painters, both Ancient and Modern, continu'd down to the Present Times, according to the Order of their Succession. - By another Hand. - [Epigraph] - - London,: [1695]

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