A Critical Essay On Oil-Painting; Proving That The Art Of Painting In Oil Was Known Before The Pretended Discovery Of John And Hubert Van Eyck; To Which Are Added, Theophilus De Arte Pingendi Eraclius De Artibus Romanorum. And A Review Of Farinator's Lumen Animæ, By R.E. Raspe. [Epigraph]

Rudolf Erich Raspe

RA Collection: Book

Record number

06/2560

Author

Imprint

London:: Printed For The Author, By H. Goldney; And Sold By T. Cadell, In The Strand., M.DCC.LXXXI.

Physical Description

vii, [i], 148 p., [1] pl.; 240 mm. (Quarto.)

Contents

[T.p.] - Contents - [Text].

References

ESTC, T140375
On R.E. Raspe see J. Carswell, The prospector, being the life and times of Rudolf Erich Raspe (1950).

Summary Note

The texts of Theophilus and Heraclius are given in Latin.

Another English translation of Heraclius's De coloribus et artibus Romanorum was included in Mrs Merrifield's compilation, Original treatises dating from the XIIth to the XVIIIth centuries on the arts of painting (1849).

The plate shows part of a Cambridge manuscript of Theophilus.

Reproductions

An electronic reproduction was published in 2003 (Farmington Hill, Mich.: Thomson Gale). A microfilm copy was published in 1986 (Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications).

Provenance

The front loose endpaper is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Royal Academy by John Hawkins Esq. of Bignor', and in pencil, 'Recd. Augt. 31 - 1835. GJ.'

Binding Note

18th-century calf; rebacked and recornered in 20th century, retaining red morocco spine-label lettered 'Raspe On Painting'.

Name as Subject

Heraclius, De coloribus et artibus Romanorum
Theophilus, De diversis artibus

Subject

Oil painting (technique) - Techniques - Europe - History
Art history - Great Britain - 18th century

Contributors

John Hawkins, previous owner, donor
Henry Goldney, printer
Thomas Cadell the elder, bookseller
Heraclius, De coloribus et artibus Romanorum
Theophilus, De diversis artibus