Catalogue Of The Pictures Drawings Etchings And Objects Of Art Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Pictures, Drawings, Etchings and Objects of Art In the formation of this collection, the subject has played the least important part the conception, the style and the quality of the painting have been the leading factors in the selection, the only aim of the collectorshaving been the search after works representative of true art. It could scarcely be otherwise in the case of two artists who had the means of acquiring the best from all the beautiful things produced in the space of about a century of great activity and vigorous growth in the domain of Art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.