782. MADONNA AND CHILD.

_Botticelli_ (Florentine: 1447-1510). _See under 1034._

_See also_ (p. xx)

Probably only a "school picture." Most of the old masters kept schools,

or shops, in which several pupils served as apprentices and worked at

pictures under the master's directions. The sale of such pictures under

the master's name was (and is) a very common occurrence, and even in

those days forged signatures were not unusual.

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