Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters - Hardcover

by William Beckford (Author), Robert J. Gemmett (Editor)

New edition of William Beckford's first published work, of 1780, with introduction by Robert J. Gemmett, and annotations, illustrations and a bibliography. The work is a satire which criticizes the excesses of schools of painting, particularly the Dutch and Flemish, and an extended parody of prominent biographies of artists.