I earn it by enjoying such authority and prestige that people will not buy expensive Italian pictures without my approval.
Bernard Berenson Quotes
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.
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| Birth: | 26th June, 1865 |
| Death: | 6th October, 1959 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Historian |
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Bernard Berenson was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. He was a major figure in pioneering art attribution and therefore establishing the market for paintings by the "Old Masters".
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