Fabio Colonna
Phytobasanos, sive plantarum aliquot Historia (Plant Touchstone, or the History of Some Plants)
Artist
Fabio Colonna(Italian (Neapolitan), 1567–1640)Italian (Neapolitan), 1567–1640
Author
Fabio Colonna(Italian (Neapolitan), 1567–1640)Italian (Neapolitan), 1567–1640
CultureItalian
Titles
- Phytobasanos, sive plantarum aliquot Historia (Plant Touchstone, or the History of Some Plants)
Date1592
MediumBound book with 37 etchings
DimensionsClosed: 8 1/16 × 6 1/16 x 3/4 in. (20.4 × 15.4 x 1.9 cm)
Open: 8 1/16 × 11 1/4 x 3/4 in. (20.4 × 28.6 x 1.9 cm)
Open: 8 1/16 × 11 1/4 x 3/4 in. (20.4 × 28.6 x 1.9 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2013.4
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"Italian Etchers of the Renaissance and Baroque," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, pp. 273-276, no. 143.
Catalogue raisonnéMortimer 1974, no. 130
Hunt 1958, vol. 1, no. 165
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Louise Bourgeois
1992
Two books with 10 etchings in Volume I and 8 photolithographs in Volume II, hardbound in leather and cloth with cloth slipcase, special edition 95/100
96.543.1,.2
Jacques Callot
1630–1631
6 etchings and 10 border sheets (one image)
BF.1997.5.A-.P
Sean Scully
1992
Illustrated book with eight etchings, edition 191/300
93.203
