Ludwig Grüner (1801-82)
Descriptions of the plates of fresco decorations and stuccoes of churches and palaces in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries 1844
Bound in red goatskin with gold tooling; the Royal Arms of Queen Victoria are stamped on the front and back boards | 31.3 x 25.0 x 1.5 cm (book measurement (conservation)) | RCIN 1194136
Ludwig Grüner (1801-82)
Descriptions of the plates of fresco decorations and stuccoes of churches and palaces in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / by Lewis Gruner ; with an essay. . . by A. Hittorff 1844
Ludwig Grüner (1801-82)
Descriptions of the plates of fresco decorations and stuccoes of churches and palaces in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / by Lewis Gruner ; with an essay. . . by A. Hittorff 1844
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Queen Victoria wrote in her Journal for 20 May 1845: ‘After luncheon, Mr Gruner who directs the decorations in the Cottage, & is a man full of talent, showed us some beautiful designs of interiors of Churches & Palaces in Italy, &c.’ The work, which includes forty-four plates, was dedicated to Prince Albert and the members of the Royal Commission on the Fine Arts. As Gruner freely acknowledged in the introduction, it was based on an earlier publication, Sammlung von Denkmälern und Verzierungen der Baukunst in Rom aus dem 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, by J.G. Gutensohn, enlarged to incorporate plates of monuments elsewhere in Italy, including the Certosa near Pavia and the ducal palaces of Mantua. Its publication was planned in connection with the investigations into the art of fresco decoration which the Fine Arts Commission was undertaking in preparation for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Bound in red goatskin with gold tooling; the Royal Arms of Queen Victoria are stamped on the front and back boards
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31.3 x 25.0 x 1.5 cm (book measurement (conservation))
31.5 x 1.5 cm (book measurement (inventory))
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Descriptions of the plates of fresco decorations and stuccoes of churches and palaces in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / by Lewis Gruner ; with an essay...by A. Hittorff.
