"PETRUS CHRISTUS RENAISSANCE MASTER OF BRUGES"
Maryan W. Ainsworth, author with contributions by Maximiliaan P. J. Martens.
First Edition: Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994. 1 volume, cloth with dust jacket, folio 12 x 9.5'', 244 pages, 205 illustrations, 62 in full color.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 14 April - 31 July, 1994. Texts by Maximiliaan P.J. Martens and catalogue by Maryan W. Ainsworth. Report on painting analysis by Peter Klein.
Also includes a select bibliography and index with numerous illuminated miniature paintings depicted. Internally clean without marks or additions. An unread copy with sound binding and minimal shelf soiling.
From the dust jacket: ''This study is an important new account of the life and work of the Flemish master Petrus Christus. It is the first volume to focus specifically on the physical characteristics of his works as criteria for judging attribution, dating and the extent to which he was indebted to Jan van Eyck and other artists for the development of his technique and style...This publication accompanies the most important exhibition of early Netherlandish paintings in the United State in more than three decades...''
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