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AMONG art historians of to-day there is hardly anyone who enjoys a position comparable to that of Dr. Max J. Friedländer. He is universally recognized as being probably the greatest living expert, notably, of course, on the early Netherlandish and German masters; and in normal times not a day passed on which pictures were not submitted to him for opinion from all parts of the world. But he is much more than the mere, if accomplished, expert, worried without respite by people eager for his verdict on their possessions: the list of his writings—all of them revealing the outlook of the born historian—makes a truly imposing series, culminating in his monumental History of Early Netherlandis...
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Contains a typescript biographical sketch, with manuscript edits, of Max J. Friedländer. Also includes a letter from Benedict Nelson, the editor of "The Burlington Magazine" (London), on its letterhead stationery addressed to a "Dear Grossman" requesting help with writing a birthday greeting editorial for Friedlander to be published in the July, 1957 issue. Also includes a typescript copy of the editorial, with manuscript edits, and some handwritten notes.