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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

(Italian, 1433–1527)
(Italian, 1449/50–1515)
1499
Place of PublicationVenice, Italy
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 170 woodcuts [incomplete]
DimensionsOverall: 28.8 x 21.8 x 4.2 cm (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP19581
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description
Venice: Aldus Manutius, December 1499
ProvenanceJoseph Baer & Co., from whom purchased by MFA, Summer 1912.
Folio e1 recto
Francesco Colonna
1499
Flight into Egypt w/ the fall of idols; Egyptians worshipping image of Virgin & Child
Unidentified artist, Netherlandish, 15th century
About 1471–73
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1522
La hypnerotomachia di Polifili
Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
1545
Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune
1778–90
Alexandre Lunois
1901
Giovanni Francesco Cresci
1570
Alexandre Lunois
1901
Het Schilder-Boeck
Karel van Mander
1604