The art of painting, with the lives and characters of above 300 of the most eminent painters
Subtitle: containing a complete treatise of painting, designing, and the use of prints : with reflexions on the works of the most celebrated masters, and of several schools of Europe, as well ancient as modern, being the most perfect work of the kind extant
By: translated from the French of Monsieur de Piles, to which is added, An essay towards an English school
Contributors: Buckeridge, Bainbrigg, 1668-1733
Edition: 3rd ed. : in which is now first inserted the life of Sir Godfrey Kneller / by the late B. Buckeridge, who wrote the greatest part of the English school.
Publisher: Printed for T. Payne
Published: 1754
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
Subjects: Painting; Painters; Biography
Other titles: De Piles on painting.
Work titles: Abregé de la vie des peintres
Notes: Translation of: Abregé de la vie des peintres.