Chapter II: Preface: BY JOHN RUSKIN vii

GENERAL INTRODUCTION, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE
NATIONAL GALLERY x

GUIDE TO THE GALLERY AND PLAN OF THE ROOMS xxv

INTRODUCTIONS TO THE SCHOOLS OF PAINTING:

THE EARLY FLORENTINE SCHOOL 1

THE FLORENTINE SCHOOL 8

THE SIENESE SCHOOL 14

THE LOMBARD SCHOOL 16

THE FERRARESE SCHOOL 19

THE UMBRIAN SCHOOL 22

THE VENETIAN SCHOOL 25

THE PADUAN SCHOOL 32

THE LATER ITALIAN SCHOOLS 34

THE EARLY FLEMISH AND THE GERMAN SCHOOLS 38

THE DUTCH SCHOOL 43

THE LATER FLEMISH SCHOOL 47

THE SPANISH SCHOOL 48

THE FRENCH SCHOOL 51

NUMERICAL CATALOGUE, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE
NOTES 55

PICTURES ON LOAN 749

COPIES FROM OLD MASTERS 752

THE ARUNDEL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION 757

SCULPTURES AND MARBLES 770

APPENDIX I. INDEX LIST OF PAINTERS (_with the subjects of
their pictures_) 771

APPENDIX II. INDEX LIST OF PICTURES 791

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