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Reflections on the painting and sculpture of the Greeks: with Instructions for the connoisseur, and an essay on grace in works of art

Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768, Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768. Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerei und Bildhauerkunst. English. 1765 · 1765 · London, Printed for the translator, and sold by A. Millar · 3 pictures

A 1765 London translation by Henry Fuseli of Johann Joachim Winckelmann's essay on imitating Greek painting and sculpture, printed for the translator and sold by A. Millar, aimed at art connoisseurs. Its pictures are small engraved tailpieces and a title ornament: a rococo scrollwork cartouche, and a pedestal inscribed Diis Graeciae with a shield, helmet and spears, drawn in fine line on cream paper, offering designers classical ornament and decorative frame motifs.

Art, Greek · Imitation in art · Art

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