PILKINGTON (Rev. M.). The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters. A complete Collection and Account, of the most distinguished Artists, who have flourished in the Art of Painting, at Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, and other Cities of Italy; in Holland, Flanders, England, Germany, or France; from the year 1250, when the Art of Painting was revived by Cimabue, to the year 1767; including above Five hundred Years, and the Number of Artists amounting to near One thousand Four hundred. Extracted From the most authentic Writers who have treated on the Subject of painting, in Latin, Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Low Dutch...1798

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