XII. SOME NOTABLE FRENCH COLLECTORS 129 PART II THE COLLECTOR AND THE FAKER XIII. COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS 135 XIV. THE COLLECTOR’S FRIENDS AND ENEMIES 150 XV. IMITATORS AND FAKERS 165 XVI. THE ARTISTIC QUALITIES OF IMITATORS 181 XVII. FAKERS, FORGERS AND THE LAW 194 XVIII. THE FAKED ATMOSPHERE AND PUBLIC SALES 207 PART III THE FAKED ARTICLE XIX. THE MAKE-UP OF FAKED ANTIQUES 225 XX. FAKED SCULPTURE, BAS-RELIEFS AND BRONZES 234 XXI. FAKED POTTERY 246 XXII. METAL FAKES 263 XXIII. WOOD WORK AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 279 XXIV. VELVETS, TAPESTRIES AND BOOKS 287 XXV. SUMMING UP 301 INDEX 311 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Supposed Portrait of the Poet Bastianini Benivieni _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Marcus Aurelius 48 Diomedes with the Palladium 72 Imitations of the Antique 88 Marsyas 96 The Spinario 120 A Child. By Ferrante Lampini 136 San Giovanni 136 Athlete 144 The Battesimo 152 Bacchus 152 The Resurrection 184 Pietà 184 A Portrait 192 A Child. By Donatello 200 An Imitation of Roman Work 240 An Imitation of Sixteenth-century Work 240 A Mantelpiece 266 A Lamp 266 Plaquettes by Various Artists 272 Europa on the Bull 288 THE GENTLE ART OF FAKING PART I THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF FAKING CHAPTER I GREEKS AND ROMANS AS ART COLLECTORS