Discorso di Alessandro Lamo intorno alla scoltura, et pittura, dove ragiona della vita, & opere in molti luoghi, & à diversi prencipi, & personaggi fatte dall’eccel. & nobile M. Bernardino Campo pittore Cremonese.
Rare first edition of Alessandro Lamo’s (1546-1610) illustrated evaluation of the life and work of the Cremonese painter Bernardino Campi (1522-1591). The Discorso, in addition to being the principal source for Campi’s biography, is considered the first critical writing to examine a still-living artist through the lens of regional art..... More