L'art de peindre : poëme : avec des réflexions sur les différentes parties de la peinture
Claude-Henri Watelet's didactic poem on painting, printed in Paris in 1760 by Guérin and Delatour for connoisseurs and academy readers, with etched plates after Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre. The engravings supply headpieces and tailpieces of putti drawing on clouds, allegorical figures of Painting with palette and easel, portrait medallions of old masters, and fleur-de-lis cartouches framed by laurel and drapery swags.
