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Fabroni, Angelo

Dissertation on the statues belonging to the fable de Niobe, 1779

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€ 250 - 350

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€ 512

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Information

Florence, Francois Moucke, 1779. In 2 °. & Nbsp; Allegorical vignette on the title page, figured drop cap, head and end cap, with 19 engraved copper plates, including a double page, slight blooms, contemporary Moroccan binding, plate framed by a gold frame, title within a red gusset on the back with 6 nerves with phytomorphic friezes in gold. Paper ex libris on the counterplate. & Nbsp;

Specialist Notes

Original edition in French and unique, contemporary with the first Italian edition. In this work the author re-proposes the thesis he had argued in disagreement with Mengs regarding the attribution to Scopa of a group of Medici statues depicting the myth of Niobe, denied by the artist. Cicognara 3505.

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