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Excerpt from The Art of the Great Masters, as Exemplified by Drawings, in the Collection of Emile, Wauters, Membre De L'académie Royale De Belgique But it is not every collection, by any means, which lends itself to this instructive reading of the history of art. Though it is quite true that every sketch by a master, however slight it may be, is a thing to be treasured, many collections of old drawings throw little light on the personality and methods of the artists represented there. It is rare, indeed, to find one so rich in works of biographical and historical interest as that containing the original sketches for the many celebrated pictures I have mentioned above. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.