Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Catalogue of a Most Superb and Truly Valuable Collection of Pictures: Containing Admirable and Celebrated Specimens, Chef D'oeuvres of the Principal Masters of the Italian, Flemish, Dutch, and French Schools, Being the United Cabinet of Sir Simon Clarke, Bart. And George Hibbert, Esq. Companion to the above, and equnlly fine; the connoisseur Will see tl e gre 1t master in ever)r touch of these excellent pictures. 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.