The Gentleman S And Connoisseur S Dictionary Of Painters

Excerpt from The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters: Containing a Complete Collection, and Account, of the Most Distinguished Artists, Who Have Flourished in the Art of Painting, at Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, and Other Cities of Italy I will not impute the tedioufnefs which I experienced, in the original authors who wrote the lives of the Painters, to any deficiency of judgment or genius; for, it probably might arife from their folicitude to collect every incident that could be procured relative to the artifis of Whom they wrote. 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.