Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of "Old Masters" Collected by James J. Jarves, to Illustrate the History of Painting From A. D. 1200 to the Best Periods of Italian Art, and Deposited in the "Institute of Fine Arts," 625, Broadway, New York More than forty of the pictures have been engraved on cop per by Vincenzo Stanghi, a. Pupil of Raphael Moxghen, for art-studies, in order to give an idea, so far as composition and general character are concerned, of the progress of art during several centuries in Italy. Those, therefore, who cherish the old masters, will have an opportunity, not only of studying the pictures themselves, but of taking away with them very carefully prepared outlines, with partial shadings, of many of the most interesting specimens. It should be borne in mind, that the larger number of these paintings were old before America was discovered; and necessuily they bear the mks of time. The newness and freshness of a modem painting would be sadly out of keeping on an ancient picture. We must accept them as they are, doing on: best to get paintings as intsct and well preserved as possible; and, when repairs or mtorstions are necessary, limiting them to what is required (0 preserve the picture keeping, so far as is possible, the origins] tone and manner. And in no 008 permitting. As is too often done, entire repainting, which obliterate. The old em): and substitutes the new. 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.