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SANTOS (Luís Reis). ESTUDOS de Pintura Antiga. Lisboa. 1943. - SANTOS (Luís Reis) ESTUDOS de Pintura Antiga . Lisboa: Ed. Autor, 1943. XII, 334, [4] pp., 60 est.: il.; 260 mm.  First and only edition, in a single print run of 500 numbered copies initialed by the author. It brings together in one volume a collection of monographs on Portuguese and Flemish painting from the 15th and 16th centuries, previously published in a scattered manner, which Reis Santos himself described as contributions to the study of the evolution of fine arts, filling gaps, establishing and correcting relationships and chronologies, and identifying artists and works. Profusely illustrated with 86 photographic reproductions of paintings in separate text, on coated paper. Luís Reis Santos (1898-1967) was the leading Portuguese specialist in early painting of his time, making decisive contributions to the historiography of 16th-century Portuguese and Flemish painting. This collected work is the most significant of his output and constitutes an essential reference for the study of Portuguese painting of the 15th and 16th centuries. Sought after. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate