Excerpt from Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Vol. 14: Or Collection of the Principal Pictures His pictures are but little known and are not of a nature to obtain him great reputation but the numerous fresco paintings he executed in Rome in the church of Santi Quattro, and at Florence in the Pitti palace, convey a high idea of the talent he possessed. In contemplating such great works, one can with difficulty be persuaded, that the artist did not begin his studies until he was 18 years of age, and that he scarce reached the age of 48. 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.