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Traité élémentaire de la peinture

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665, Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606-1676, Trichet du Fresne, Raphael, 1611-1661, Giffart, Pierre François, 1677-1758, Deterville, Jean-François-Pierre, 1766-1842, Crapelet, Charles, 1762-1809 · 1803 · A Paris : Chez Deterville, libraire, rue du Battoir, no. 16 · 24 pictures

This 1803 French treatise, published in Paris by Deterville, gathers painting instruction attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, Nicolas Poussin, Roland Fréart de Chambray and Raphael Trichet du Fresne, aimed at students of art. Its pictures are crisp black-and-white line diagrams of optics and reflected light, alongside a plain academic figure study of a standing nude, offering a designer clear, instructional geometry and anatomy references.

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 · Painting

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