Miscellaneous letters and papers, 1780-1849.

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Miscellaneous letters and papers, 1780-1849.

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Collection includes: A letter to Canova regarding a possible visit to the sculptor's studio, and other artistic matters (1803 March 30); miscellaneous letters relating to Napoleonic public sculpture, his "Dictionnaire d'architecture" (in "L'Encyclopedie par ordre de matieres") and the sale of paintings and sculpture; a contract (1823) for his "De l'imitation dans les beaux arts; and an undated fragment of a manuscript on the arts under Colbert containing a short biography of Pierre Mignard. With memorial tributes to Quatremere de Quincy as published in the Journal des debats, 1850 April.

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Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn47st (person)

Italian sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to an unidentified "Excellence," possibly Talleyrand, 1814 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133670 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to John Trumbull, 1822 June 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134700 From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1790-1834. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78155641 Italian sculptor whose work is general...

Mignard, Pierre, 1612-1695

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French painter. From the description of Document signed : Paris, 1679 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270639196 ...

Quatremère de Quincy, M. (Antoine-Chrysostome), 1755-1849.

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French art administrator and theorist. From the description of Miscellaneous letters and papers, 1780-1849. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 145995423 ...