The Drawings of the Florentine Painters; Classified Criticised and Studied as Documents in the History and Appreciation of Tuscan Art. With a Copious Catalogue Raisonne (2 volume set)

Berenson, Bernhard

John Murray, 1903

2 volume set. Limited edition of only 350 copies.  Thick folios, 47 x 41 cm.  Bound in publisher's 1/4 red leather over gray cloth boards. Minor shelf wear, chipping to spine head / tail.  Solid binding and cover. 180 plates, some in color. This monumental work, was named by Thames & Hudson one of the "books that shaped art history". Berenson was an influential American art historian of the late 19th and 20th centuries. He specialized in Renaissance Art and was a major force in building the American market for paintings by the Old Masters. American collectors of the time regarded Berenson as the ultimate Renaissance art authority. If he judged a painting authentic, its value was greatly increased. Some of the Florentine artists covered in the three volumes are: da Vinci, Michelangelo, Albertinelli, Angelico, Gozzoli, Uccello, Verrocchio, Filippo, Botticelli, Lippi, Garbo, Carli, di Cosimo, Bartolommeo, Falconi, Cungi, del Sarto, Pontormo, Rosso, Manfredi, Rosselli, and Artetino.

This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.   Dutton.