Excerpt from Index of Artists Represented in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. 1: Dutch and Flemish Schools; German Schools<br><br>With reference to the extensive division of workers last named, the merely reproductive engravers, - as a general rule the works of any one such engraver are not placed all together, but each is, when possible, represented under his own name by a certain number of selected examples, proof states or especially fine impressions, while the bulk of his ordinary work is distributed among prints after the various masters Whose originals be reproduced. This mixed system of arrangement, although not the most logical, is found in practice to be the most convenient, inas much as it lends itself equally well to the requirements, on the one hand, of students who wish to examine a series of prints after any given painter, and, on the other hand, of those Who desire to study the style and method of any given engraver. Whenever a student requires to have set before him the most complete possible series in either kind, the cross references in the Index enable such a wish to be readily gratified.<br><br>Exceptions to the general rule above mentioned are made for some few of the most conspicuous names in the history of art. Thus, in the case of the famous painters Rubens and Turner, the rich collections of engravings after their works are as far as possible brought together under their respective names; while in the case of a few of the most distinguished engravers, like Sir Robert Strange or Raphael Morghen, the series of examples by each is kept as far as possible together and complete, instead of being distributed under the names of the painters after whom they worked.<br><br>The present volume includes the Dutch and F lemish Schools (classed as one because at a certain period the arts, like the government, of the Netherlands were undivided), and the German Schools, including those of Austria, Bohemia, and N orthern Switzer land. After the name of each artist is placed a brief statement of the art or arts which he practised, the place or places where he worked, and the dates of his birth and death. Due pains have been taken to ensure the exactness of this information, in accordance with the latest results of research, so that the Index may also serve as a comprehensive Biographical Dictionary of Artists on a brief scale.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.