Excerpt from Important Paintings by Old and Modern Masters: From the Estate of the Late James Stillman, Sold by Order of the Heirs and From the Collection of the Late C. C. Stillman, Sold by Direction of the National City Bank of New York and Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, Executors The Florentine renaissance is well represented by the bust-length portrait of an elderly patrician by Lorenzo di Credi, and the elegant Halberdier by Jacopo Pontormo; the Spanish School of Andalusia by an exceedingly fine example from the brush of Murillo - The Madonna and Child - executed with the gentleness of sentiment and the love of idealization of facts that reflect the dispositions of this Southern race. 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.