L'art de peindre : poëme, avec des réflexions sur les différentes parties de la peinture
A 1761 Amsterdam edition of Claude-Henri Watelet's didactic poem on painting, printed with related essays by La Font de Saint-Yenne, Dufresnoy and Marsy for French-reading amateurs and artists. The pictures shown are small woodcut tailpieces: symmetrical scrollwork triangles built from acanthus leaves, strapwork and shells, some enclosing a grotesque mask, a winged figure holding a canopy, or a quiver and torches, all usable as chapter-end ornaments, dividers or frame corners.
