Excerpt from A Handbook to the Public Picture Galleries of Europe: With a Brief Sketch of the History of the Various Schools of Painting, From the 13th Century to the 18th InclusiveStill it has not been found possible to see and compare so many fine works without occasionally expressing some sort of opinion here and there.The most difficult problem perhaps which presents itself to the travelling Fine Art student is that of determining the authorship of certain pictures. Each gallery decides for itself - and naturally shows some partiat in doing so - the authenticity of the works in its own possession. In some few instances, in which the assumption of a great name was obviously unjustifiable, I have at once said the work ascribed to such a master is certainly not by his hand but in a certain proportion of doubtful examples and they are numerous - I have felt it was not in my province to contest the name employed. On the other hand, in many cases throughout the catalogues I have intentionally denoted the existence of grave doubt by placing the words attributed to after the painter's name.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.