European tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago / Koenraad Brosens ; with contributions by Pascal-François Bertrand [and others] ; Christa C. Mayer Thurman, general editor

Brosens, Koenraad

2008, First Edition. Chicago New Haven, [Conn.] ; London : Art Institute of Chicago ; Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new, still in the publisher's original shrink wrap. Item #274039
ISBN: 0300119607

Physical description
viii, 407 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. Summary; This lavishly illustrated book presents a rich variety of European tapestries from the Art Institute of Chicago. These exquisite tapestries include medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque examples, manufactured at almost all the major centers of production in many of the foremost workshops. Among the works discussed are The Annunciation, a Renaissance masterpiece designed by an artist in the circle of Mantegna; Autumn and Winter, based on designs by Charles Le Brun; and The Elephant, woven after a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. An international team of scholars explain the history of this previously unpublished collection and offer new designer and workshop attributions, design and source identifications, and provenance information. Subjects; Art Institute of Chicago — Catalogs. Art Institute of Chicago — Exhibitions. Chicago, Ill. Art Institute — Catalogs. Tapestry — Europe — Catalogs.

Price: €35.00