Sketches of imposture, deception, and credulity
CHAPTER XI.
Fashion of decrying modern Artists--M. Picart asserts the Merit of modern Engravers--Means employed by him to prove the Truth of his Assertions--“The innocent Impostors”--Goltzius imitates perfectly the Engravings of Albert Durer--Marc Antonio Raimondi is equally successful--Excellent Imitation of Rembrandt’s Portrait of Burgomaster Six--Modern Tricks played with respect to Engraved Portraits--Sir Joshua Reynolds metamorphosed into “The Monster.” 191