Excerpt from A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, Vol. 1: In Which Is Included a Short Biographical Notice of the Artists, With a Copious Description of Their Principal Pictures; Statement of the Prices at Which Such Pictures Have Been Sold at Public Sales on the Continent and in England<br><br>Impressed with this opinion, he has ventured to sub mit his observations to the public; in doing which, he is fully sensible that the work has no claim to general notice as a literary production, or as an entertaining compilation. Its chief merit consists in the quantity of information, collected with a practical knowledge of the subject, and the persevering assiduity by which such knowledge was obtained.<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.