Studies in pictures; an introduction to the famous galleries (1907)
Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932 · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 64
which the painter is sometimes as re-sponsible as the restorer. But, again, you are notto infer that all old pictures are injured by bitumenand fugitive pigments. The great bulk of them werepainted with sound mediums and durable pigments,and are to-day in comparatively good condition. Butit is… … CHAPTER IIIFALSE ATTRIBUTIONS, COPIES, FORGERIES Every one who comes to know the famous gal-leries and their pictures sooner or later finds outthat all is not gold that glitters, and pictures are notalways what they seem. Celebrated names are oftentacked upon inferior canvases, and many an…
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