The discovery of an unknown collection of old master paintings is today a rare occurrence. This volume catalogues and illustrates more than sixty Italian, French, German, and Netherlandish paintings of outstanding quality from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries (including several masterpieces by major Baroque artists, such as Guido Reni, Carlo Maratta, and Luca Giordano). The provenance of many of these previously unpublished paintings was the distinguished Barberini collection. The author received the 1972 Dana ...
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The discovery of an unknown collection of old master paintings is today a rare occurrence. This volume catalogues and illustrates more than sixty Italian, French, German, and Netherlandish paintings of outstanding quality from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries (including several masterpieces by major Baroque artists, such as Guido Reni, Carlo Maratta, and Luca Giordano). The provenance of many of these previously unpublished paintings was the distinguished Barberini collection. The author received the 1972 Dana Borghese Prize for this contribution to the study of Renaissance and Baroque painting.
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