Levenson, Jay A. - Early Italian Engravings from the National Gallery of Art

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 1973. Softcover. Bw wraps. 587 pp. Profuse bw plates. Italian engravings, with a few woodcuts and "nielli" (engraved silver plates) from around 1460 to the early 1500's in 29 chapters with about 375 engravings. Illustrations may show various states of the same engraving, or reproduce the original for engravings done from a work in some other medium. With an index, consecutive paginated but loosely inserted. Appendices of copper plates, niello prints, woodcuts, a concordance with the Hind catalogue of Early Italian Engravings, and a list of watermarks. Contents as follows: Maso Finiquerra -- Baccio Baldini -- Anonymous Fine Manner -- Francesco Rosselli -- Antonio Pollaiuolo -- Masters of the Tarocchi -- Anonymous Northeast Italian -- Andrea Mantegna -- Mantegna school -- Giovanni Antonio da Brescia -- Zoan Andrea -- Giovanni Pietro da Birago -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Cristofano Robetta -- Benedetto Montagna -- Master I·I·CA -- Jacopo de' Barbari -- Girolamo Mocetto -- Giulio Campagnola -- Domenico Campagnola -- Master of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist -- Giovanni Battista Palumba, the Master I.B. with the Bird -- Master of 1515 -- Nicoletto da Modena -- Lorenzo Costa -- Jacopo Francia -- Master NA·DAT with the Mousetrap -- Master IRs -- Anonymous 16th Century. -- Appendices: Copper engraving plates -- Niello prints -- Woodcuts -- Concordance with Hind -- Watermarks. -- Index. VG-, light wear .

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