About this artwork
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artist:Giorgio Vasari (1511 - 1574) Italian
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title:Vite de' Pittori (1648 edition) part 2
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date created:1648
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materials:Velum bound volume with engravings on paper
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measurements:Volume: 23.00 x 17.50 cm
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accession number:P 8831.2
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Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari
Vasari enjoyed a highly successful and prolific career as a painter, draughtsman, designer, and architect but he is best known today as the author of the pioneering Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1550; expanded edition, 1568). It earned him the reputation as the...
