Pictures and their painters; the history of painting (1907)
Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855- · New York: John Lane Co. · leaf 40
gs that date back to 320 b.c. One report isthat Ptolemy I. offered Nikias (340-300 B.C.) $70,000 for onepainting. This artist was a contemporary of Praxiteles antlprobably tinted some of his statuar3^ Specimens of Greek painting have Ijeen found in some ofthe ancient towns of Italy that may lia^-e… … Fig. 5.—Portrait fromMummy Case. GrafCollection, ^ienna. 12 ANCIENT PAINTING painting is, or wliether it was brought from Greece, may be((uestions that cannot he answered with certaintj-, but webelieve that it is an ancient Greek encaustic painting, andmost pro)>a)jly the oldest painting, not…
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