Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Critical Account of the Drawings by Michel Angelo and Raffaello in the University Galleries, Oxford
In the present instance it was essential to arrive at definite conclusions as to the authenticity. Of the several spemmens to determine, if possible, the approximate date, the intention and ultimate destination of each drawing; and also, in the case of preparatory studies for known works, to give some account of the finished productions. To do this thoroughly called for careful and laborious research and _comparison; and to have given, in a succinct and authoritative form, the results of such investigations, whilst withholding the evidence on which those results were founded, especially when it was necessary to modify or reverse the conclusions of previous authorities, would.
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