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Excerpt from The Masters of Raffaello (Raphael Sanzio)
Raffaello so ardent a desire to behold the works thus commended, that, moved by the love he ever bore to excellence in art, and setting aside all thought of his own interest or inconvenience, he at once proceeded to Florence. These notes form the foundation upon which subsequent writers have, without due investigation, based their statements concerning Raffaello; modern critics have, how ever, deemed it their duty to examine their truth more narrowly. After reviewing with greater care the private sources of information, and bringing to light documents before unknown - and, what is especially important, adopting a more subtle and accurate method of observation than had been hitherto employed, assiduously comparing dates and facts in order to arrive at the distinctive characteristics of each artist, and so to determine their individual works and their peculiar merits modern criticism has been forced to the conclusion that the above quotations contain many and grave inaccuracies.
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