Excerpt from Francesco Raibolini Called Francia<br><br>A variety of facts regarding the pictures by this master has, however, been lately discovered; and it seemed to me that a fitting moment had arrived to issue a new work on the artist, especially as a study Of his works had come naturally in sequence to follow my study of the paintings Of Perugino.<br><br>The chief claim that I can make in these pages is that they represent the result of a great deal of careful and personal hard work in Bologna, and that they contain several new items Of information about the artist, which it was my good fortune to light upon in searching some of the records of that delightful city.<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.