The National Gallery of Art houses one of the most important collections of French old master paintings outside France. This book catalogues nearly one hundred paintings of the collection, from works by Francois Clouet in the sixteenth century to paintings by Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun in the eighteenth.
"Each entry is preceded by an admirable biography of the artist and a useful technical note (on the state of conservation of the painting and its successive restorations), its provenance, exhibitions, then the entry itself, notes to the text and main bibliographic references. The photographic reproductions are excellent."---Pierre Rosenberg, Burlington Magazine
