I earn it by enjoying such authority and prestige that people will not buy expensive Italian pictures without my approval.
Bernard Berenson Quotes
Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.
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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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