The Waddesdon Bequest

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Excerpt from The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the Works of Art Bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M. P. 1898Among them are specially worthy of notice the casket with the Sibyls (no. As remarkable for its mounting as for the unusual style of the painting, the fine portrait of Catherine of Lorraine by Leonard Limousin, the large dishes by Susanne Court, Martial Courtois, and others, and the composite picture after the Quos Ego of Marc Antonio. The oval panel with a full length of Diane de Poitiers is unusual for its quaint colouring and noteworthy for the care with which the face is drawn.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.