PROPERTY FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DAVID SCRASE, PART I (LOTS 135-144)

A quantity of art books, to include:

L. Syson and D. Thornton, Objects of Virtue. Art in Renaissance Italy

Correggio and Parmigianino. Art in Parma during the sixteenth century

Hills, Venetian Colour

Italian Paintings 1300-1800. The Collections of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

Berenson, The Study and Criticism of Italian Art

Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance (in more volumes: Venetian School; Florentine School; Central Italian and North Italian School)

Renaissance Silver form the Schroder Collection

Barasch, Theories of Art. From Plato to Winkelmann

Renowned scholar and curator, David Scrase was Honorary Keeper of Italian Drawings, Honorary Marlay Group member, former Assistant Keeper, then Keeper, of Paintings, Drawings and Prints and Assistant Director (Collections) of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. An internationally acclaimed authority on Italian art, particularly drawings, Scrase published extensively and on a variety of subjects. His generosity was well known through the numerous thoughtful donations to the Fitzwilliam and other museums he made throughout his lifetime.