Murillo: Virtuoso Draftsman Hardcover - 2012

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2012 * Publisher: Yale University Press. * Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing "The Assumption of The Virgin. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. No shelf wear to edges or to head & tail of spine. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. FINE * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers, chestnut brown. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no marks to edges, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w facsimiles, prints and line drawings throughout. * Pages: 273 pp. text. xxx pp. appendices, bibliography, photo credits, drawings index, general index and blank pages at rear.* Description: Known primarily as a great painter, Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) was also one of the best draftsmen of the 17th century. Although his devotional paintings seem to have been created effortlessly, they are the result of careful thought and study, a process that comes alive in the preparatory drawings. This sumptuous book is a thoroughly revised edition of the 1976 publication 'Murillo & His Drawings'. Twenty sheets have been added to the catalogue of authentic works, the bibliography has been brought up to date, and the entries have been revised. * A FINE copy of the 1st/1st thus, with NO VISIBLE FAULTS in a protected dust jacket.*