Louis XI and the miraculous ring, 78 Louis XIII as a collector, 122 Louis XIV as a collector, 39, 123 Louvre, the, 40, 41, 92, 96, 120, 122, 187 Lovesque, 141 Lucian, on Roman tourist guides, 62, 307 Lucretius, candelabra, 30 Lucullus, 60 Lustre work, 250 Lyndon, Minerva’s temple at, 18 Lysippus, statue of Hercules, by, 36 Machiavelli, 102 Magliabechi, 307 Maillet, M. A., 201 Malachite, kind of patina, 265 Malatesta’s temple of love, 86 Manheim, connoisseur, 54, 261 Mantegna and Isabella d’Este, 81 _Maquilleur_, the, 216 Marcellus, 19 Marcus Agrippa, 43 Marcus Aurelius as an auctioneer, 212 Marcus Aurelius, statuette of, 97 Marguerite of Antioch, 39 Mark Antony as a collector, 22, 31; rapacity, 38, 39; Corinthian bronze, 51 Marks of noted pottery factories, 258 Marks on steel, 274 Marostica, 67 Marsigli, Luigi, 72 Martial, 26; the _septæ_, 31; Milonius, 32; Clarinus and Paullus, 32; Eros and Mamurra, 33; statuette of Hercules, 36, 213 Marzi, Ezio, Prof., 191 Mazarin as a collector, 115, 117, 120 Mecherino, 106 _Médailles insolentes_, 128 Medals, forgers and imitators of antique, 100 Medals, patina for old, 265 Medici collection, fate of the, 74 Medicis, the, 72; Piero, 75; Cosimo, 75, 104; Giulio, 77; Ottaviano, 99; Alexander, 101; Lorenzino, 101 Mediæval collections, 64 Mégisserie, the, 111 Meissen china, booming, 151 Meleager, statuette of, 89 Melpomene, colossal, in the Louvre, 41 _Memoires de Brienne_, 127 _Mettere il bavaglino_, 157 Mexican idols, 246 Michelangelo, 89, 102, 103, 111 Michelangelo’s David, 108 Michelozzo, 75 Milanesi, 100 Milizia, 226 Millin, 136 Milonius, 32 Miniature work, 232 Miniatures in Rome, 30 Mino, 91 Minor collections, 299 Moabite pottery, forged, 205 Modena Museum, 91 Moderno, 97 Molière’s works, 294 Montaigne, 108 Moreau, artist in iron, 266 Morelli, 147 Mosaic, a Roman, 46 Muffled glaze, 251 Mummius, L., 19 Munich Museum, the, 185 Murrhines, 52 Murrhines, prices paid for, 25 Museum of Arezzo, 92 Museum of French monuments, 92 Museum of Munich, 92 Museums and forgeries, 153 Musical instruments, 284 Mustard pot, find of a, 161 Myron, 39 Mys, bronzes of, 30 Napoleon as an art collector, 132 Natali’s imitations, 182, 185, 190 National Museum, Florence, 91 Nero, 18, 46 Newton and Pascal, 201 Niccoli, Niccolo, 71, 92 Nicomedes, King, 37 Nieuwerkerque, 182 Nolives, 182 Nonius, 38 Numismatists, 92 Octavianus, a collector of Corinthian bronze, 51 _Oeci_, 49 Orlandini, Prof., 192