Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789, "Lettera scritta da Giuseppe Baretti a Luigi Siries a Firenze", 1778
- Call Number:
- MSS 30
- Creator:
- Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789
- Title(s):
- "Lettera scritta da Giuseppe Baretti a Luigi Siries a Firenze"
- Date:
- 1778
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series IV: Miscellaneous
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder Reynolds 60
- Provenance:
- Gift of Frederick W. Hilles.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- In this privately printed pamphlet Baretti criticizes Siries for editing and publishing Baretti's translation of the first seven of Sir Joshua Reynolds' <title render="italic">Discourses</title> (Delle arti del disegno. Firenze, 1778) without mentioning Baretti's name in the publication, and for altering the text. Distributed gratis throughout Italy, particularly in Tuscany (cf. Hilles, p. 54). Discussion of this pamphlet and an English translation appear in Hilles, F.W. Literary career of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1936 ed.), p. 51-59. This copy is addressed in manuscript (and was evidently mailed to) Giuseppe Pelli, director of the Royal Art Gallery in Florence.
- Physical Description:
- 4 pages ; 24 x 17 cm.
- Genre:
- Correspondence , Commonplace books, Diaries, Letters, and Notebooks
- Subject Terms:
- Description and travelPainting, European
- Associated Places:
- Antwerp (Belgium)BelgiumBrussels (Belgium)GermanyNetherlandsParis (France)Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789Pelli Bencivenni, Giuseppe, 1729-1808Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792Siries, Luigi, 1743-1811
- Finding Aid Title:
- Joshua Reynolds Archive
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2786
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2786?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1