Author: KASTEELE, Reinier Pieter van de.
Title: Redevoering over het belang van het teekenen naar het naaktmodel. Bij gelegenheid van het uitdeelen der prijzen, uitgesproken in de akademiezaal van Pictura. Op den 31sten van Louwmaand 1816.The Hague, Johannes Allart, 1816. 8vo. With a full-page engraved allegorical frontispiece, and an engraved plate with the seals of the academy. Contemporary red sprinkled paper wrappers, kept in brown kraft paper wrappers.
Description: [18], [2], 33, [1 blank], [2] pp.Rare lecture on the importance of drawing from nude models for the education of the artist, issued by the drawing academy in The Hague, the "Vrije Haagsche Teeken-Akademie" on the occasion of the January 1816 awards ceremony. The work starts with a "Naamlyst", a list of names of the members of the academy, which is often included in publications from the academy. The lecture was given by Reinier Pieter van de Kasteele (1767-1845), who was a Dutch church minister, as well as the first director of the Koninklijk kabinet van zeldzaamheden (royal cabinet of rarities), a museum of scientific and ethnographic objects which was located in the Mauritshuis in the Hague. His lecture is now exceptionally rare, as it has only been recorded in two libraries on WorldCat, and we have not been able to find any other copies in sales records.The back wrapper is detached, but still present, the front wrapper is nearly detached. Internally very clean. Overall in good condition.l Kunst op schrift 1760; WorldCat 825943672, 1024296886 (2 copies).

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