ROSENBERG (Pierre). From Drawing to Painting: Poussin, Watte - Lot 259

ROSENBERG (Pierre). From Drawing to Painting: Poussin, Watteau, Fragonard, David, and Ingres. Paris: Flammarion, n.d. Large quarto, illustrated publisher’s cardboard binding with an illustrated dust jacket. A major study by Pierre Rosenberg, of the Académie française, devoted to the role of drawing in the genesis of painting among five great French masters: Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The book compares preparatory drawings with the finished paintings and examines issues of attribution, dating, and the creative process. Extensive black-and-white and color illustrations, including drawings, studies, and paintings held in major public collections. ISBN 978-2-0801-0656-8. Some slight signs of wear on the dust jacket; a good copy.

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