Excerpt from A Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, Vol. 2: In Which Is Included a Short Biographical Notice of the Artists To acknowledge them. He is more esreciallyinduced to perform the duty on the present occasion, lest another opportunity may not be afforded him; for the continuation of the Worh will depend upon the encouragement he may receive by the number qf' subscribers - a source too uncertain to rely on in a work, the readers of Which are necessarily very limited. 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.