The Portrait in the Renaissance: The AW Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1963

The Portrait in the Renaissance: The AW Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1963
ISBN-10
0691018251
ISBN-13
9780691018256
Pages
348
Language
English
Published
1996
Authors
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy

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This is the twelfth volume of the AW Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, which are delivered annually at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The volumes of the lectures constitute number xxxv in Bollingen series.

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