Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606-1688
Title:
Academia nobilissimae artis pictoriae, sive, De veris & genuinis hujusdem proprietatibus, theorematibus, secretis atque requisitis aliis ... : unà cum artificum tam Aegyptiorum, Graecorum & Romanorum, quàm Italorum, Gallorum, Anglorum, Germanorum, Belgarum, aliorumq[ue] ... vitis atque encomiis ... : eorundemque plusquàm ducentis iconibus ... aere expressis, erecta atq[ue] publicata / Joachimi de Sandrart, à Stockau ...
Alternate Title(s):
Academia nobilissimae artis pictoriae
Published / Created:
Noribergae : Literis Christiani Sigismundi Frobergii, sumtibus autoris ; Francofurti : Apud Michaëlis ac Johan. Friderici Endterorum Haeredes, & Johan. de Sandrart, anno MDLXXXIII [1683]
Physical Description:
[18], 401, [21], 16 pages, [53] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 39 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7420 .S26b+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Translation by Christianus Rhodius of part of the author's "L'academia tedesca della architectura, scultura & pittura: oder Teutsche Academie der edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste," Nürnberg, 1675-1679. It contains only part of the original work, viz. "erster theil, 3. buch," "zweiter theil," register, and "lebens-lauf."

Text printed in two columns within ruled borders.

With an engraved title page vignette, head-pieces, initials, and tail-pieces.

Author's name is at head of title.

Signatures: )(⁶ 2)(² 3)(1 A-3C⁴ 3D⁶( -3D2) 3E⁴ 3F⁶ (a)-(b)⁴. Leaves 3D3-5 signed 3D2-4; 3D2 replaced with a plate.

Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 203

Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), 23:000561N

Life of Joachim von Sandrart, 16 pages at end.

Includes index.

BAC N7420 .S26b+: Bound in later red leather, stamped in gold on front covers with armorial of Mark Masterman Sykes, baronet, of Sledmere, beneath the initials S.M.M. Armorial bookplates: John, Duke of Bedford; "Du cabinet de [blank]".
Subject Terms:
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688. | Art -- Early works to 1800. | Art -- History. | Artists. | Sykes, Mark Masterman, Sir, 1771–1823 -- Binding. | Bedford, John, Duke of -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Engravings | Etchings | Armorial bindings.
Contributors:
Rhodius, Christianus, active 1680, translator. | Collin, Richard, 1627–approximately 1697, engraver. | Kilian, Philipp, 1628–1693, engraver. | Sandrart, Jakob von, 1630–1708, engraver. | Frobergius, Christianus Sigismundus, 1650–approximately 1723. | Endter, Johann Friederich, active 1661–1681. | Sandrart, Johann Jakob von, 1655–1698. | Endter, Balthasar Joachim, 1649–1719. | Endter, Martin, 1653–1741.