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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some light tanning due to age. Plates bright and vivid. Year 1964. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> From the 15th to the 18th centuries the Medici courts acted as patrons of the arts of painting sculpture and archi- tecture on a grand scale; during the same period they commission- ed magnificent works by the finest goldsmiths and silversmiths gem carvers and workers in glass enamel and porcelain in Europe. ART TREASURES OF THE MEDICI chronicles the growth of this price- less accumulation of precious ob- jects. The colour plates in this volume il- lustrate a selection of the most noteworthy works of decorative art in the Museo degli Argenti in Flo- rence. Each plate is accompanied by a detailed description of the object and its history a critical evaluation and a bibliography. Antonio Morassi author of ART TREASURES OF THE MEDICI is an art historian of international re- putation. He has served as director of various Italian museums includ- ing the Brera in Milan has taught at the universities of Pavia and Milan and has written widely on Italian Renaissance art. For this book Mr. Morassi draws upon his extensive knowledge of the period and the most recent scholarly research on the origins. (MP)