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WATELET, Claude-Henri (1718-1786). L'art de peindre. Poëme. avec des réflexions sur les différentes parties de la peinture. Paris: H.L. Guérin and L.F. Delatour, 1760.
4° (284 x 210mm). Engraved frontispiece, letterpress title with a fleuron, five engraved vignettes, eight portrait medallions, six culs-de-lampe, two plates, all by Watelet after Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre. Contemporary red morocco gilt covers with gilt dentelle borders, spine gilt in six compartments, g.e.
FIRST EDITION. Watelet inherited a fortune from his father, who was in charge of gathering taxes in Orléans. As a young man he worked for several years with his father, but left to become an artist and amateur. On his inheritance he was able to open a salon, and through his friends Cochin and Pierre became very influencial. Watelet was elected to the French Academy the same year of the publication of L'art de peindre. Cohen-de Ricci 1051
4° (284 x 210mm). Engraved frontispiece, letterpress title with a fleuron, five engraved vignettes, eight portrait medallions, six culs-de-lampe, two plates, all by Watelet after Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre. Contemporary red morocco gilt covers with gilt dentelle borders, spine gilt in six compartments, g.e.
FIRST EDITION. Watelet inherited a fortune from his father, who was in charge of gathering taxes in Orléans. As a young man he worked for several years with his father, but left to become an artist and amateur. On his inheritance he was able to open a salon, and through his friends Cochin and Pierre became very influencial. Watelet was elected to the French Academy the same year of the publication of L'art de peindre. Cohen-de Ricci 1051