La hypnerotomachia di Polifili
Francesco Colonna
(Italian, 1433–1527)
Aldus Manutius
(Italian, 1449/50–1515)
1545
Place of PublicationVenice, Italy
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 170 woodcuts
DimensionsOverall: 32.1 x 21.8 x 3.6 cm (12 5/8 x 8 9/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis in memory of her husband Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number27.1414
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Venice: sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545
ProvenanceHoratio G. Curtis (pencil inscr. on front endpaper, "H.G. Curtis Paris 1902 f400"; Mrs. Curtis, by whom bequeathed to MFA, June 2 and July 21, 1927.
Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
about 1500
Unidentified artist, Netherlandish, 15th century
About 1471–73