Page Summary:
This page details a book that is a curated collection of studies by esteemed masters from the Royal Academy of painting and sculpture. It includes numerous portraits and sculptural studies aimed at both perfecting skilled artists and aiding beginners. The book is intended as a comprehensive guide for developing artistic technique according to customary standards of the time.
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English Translation of this page:
This BOOK is a selection of studies proper
to the most skillful masters of the Royal Academy
of painting, and is composed of fifty and forty-eight heads^a
of the most skilled sculptors of the academy, enhanced with what is necessary to form a perfect painter, and also what is necessary for beginners to lead them to particular practice as custom authorizes by right, and this is what authorized the high authorities.