Chapter III: Part III: The Faked Article

XIX. THE MAKE-UP OF FAKED ANTIQUES 225

XX. FAKED SCULPTURE, BAS-RELIEFS AND BRONZES 234

XXI. FAKED POTTERY 246

XXII. METAL FAKES 263

XXIII. WOOD WORK AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 279

XXIV. VELVETS, TAPESTRIES AND BOOKS 287

XXV. SUMMING UP 301

INDEX 311

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Supposed Portrait of the Poet Bastianini Benivieni _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
Marcus Aurelius 48

Diomedes with the Palladium 72

Imitations of the Antique 88

Marsyas 96

The Spinario 120

A Child. By Ferrante Lampini 136

San Giovanni 136

Athlete 144

The Battesimo 152

Bacchus 152

The Resurrection 184

Pietà 184

A Portrait 192

A Child. By Donatello 200

An Imitation of Roman Work 240

An Imitation of Sixteenth-century Work 240

A Mantelpiece 266

A Lamp 266

Plaquettes by Various Artists 272

Europa on the Bull 288

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