The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection Renaissance & Baroque
 
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
The Royal Collection © 2008,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
RCIN 1057947

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

1499

Attributed to Francesco Colonna (1432/3-c.1527)

Acquired by William IV

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The allegorical romance Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (loosely ‘Poliphilus’s struggle for love in a dream’) is is one of the jewels of Renaissance printing, with an elegant Roman font and high-quality woodcuts... More