Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of the Exhibition of Spanish Old Masters: In Support of National Gallery Funds and for the Benefit of the Sociedad De Amigos Del Arte Espanola, Oct; 1913 to Jan; 1914 At the inception Of the present Exhibition, now more than a year ago, the view was entertained that certain Spanish Collectors might be able kindly to see their way to contribute pictures, and during the work of organisa tion, the Executive Committee very readily accepted the loan of pictures Offered by several collectors in Spain. The 193 paintings exhibited cover the lengthy period of 600 years, the Altar Front of the Early Catalan School (no. Lent by Mr. Roger Fry, dating back as far as 1250. At that moment -the half-mythical Cimabue cannot have been more than 10 years of age, and the world had yet to wait another 16 years for the birth Of Giotto, who should free the Art of Italy from the trammels of Byzantinism. 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.