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Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti. Title page.
Image of the title page. We can see from the title page that this edition is dedicated to Ferdinando II, the Grand Duke of Tuscany at the time of its publication.
Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti. Vol. 3 Page 376.
Image of the first page of the biography of Giorgio Vasari, the author. Includes a woodblock illustration of the author who was also a painter and an architect himself. Text under the portrait reads "GIORGIO VASARI PITT. ET ARCHIT. ARETINO."…
Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti. Vol. 3 Page 176.
Image of the first page of the biography of the only woman artist, Properzia de' Rossi, included in this text. She was a sculptress from the city of Bologna. Text under portrait reads "M. PROPERTIA DE' ROSSI SCVLT. BOLOGNESE." Translation: "M.…
Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti. Colophon.
Image of the colophon. The text of the colophon is written in Latin while the rest of the book is written in Italian. The colophon appears at the end of the third volume and includes a printer's mark.
Humbert of Romans OP
Painting of Humbert of Romans, the fifth Master General of the Dominican Order, who was largely responsible for the unification and standardization of the Dominican liturgy.