Author: DICKERSON, C. D. III (CLAUDE DOUGLAS)
Title: The Brothers Le Nain : painters of seventeenth-century France / C.D. Dickerson III and Esther Bell ; with Claire Barry, Emerson Bowyer, Elise Effmann Clifford, Don H. Johnson, Frédérique Lanoë, Nicolas Milovanovic, Alain Tallon ; and Colin B. Bailey and Pierre Rosenberg
Description: San Francisco : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in association with Yale University Press 2016. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. still in the publisher's original shrink wrap. Physical description; xv. 453 pages : illustrations (black and white. and colour) ; 29 cm. Summary 'In France in the 17th century. the brothers Antoine (c. 1588-1648). Louis (c. 1593-1648). and Mathieu (1607-1677) Le Nain painted images of everyday life for which they became posthumously famous. They are celebrated for their depictions of middle-class leisure activities. and particularly for their representations of peasant families. who gaze out at the viewer. The uncompromising naturalism of these compositions. along with their oddly suspended action. imparts a sense of dignity to their subjects. Featuring more than sixty paintings highlighting the artists' full range of production. including altarpieces. private devotional paintings. portraits. and the poignant images of peasants for which the brothers are best known. this generously illustrated volume presents new research concerning the authorship. dating. and meaning of the works by well-known scholars in the field. Also groundbreaking are the results of a technical study of the paintings. which constitutes a major contribution to the scholarship on the Le Nain brothers.' Subjects; Le Nain. Antoine 1588-1648 — Exhibitions. Le Nain. Louis 1593-1648 — Exhibitions. Le Nain. Mathieu 1607-1677 — Exhibitions. ART / Collections. Catalogs. Exhibitions / Group Shows. ART / History / Baroque & Rococo. Weight in Kg appr.:

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