organizing bibliography, and organizing the labor force to formatting the
book you see before you, she deserves more thanks than I could ever truly
express.

Priscilla and Harry Sebel, who generously supported my last trip to Europe,
gave me the chance to look firsthand at many pictures I had only seen in
reproduction. For their gift of travel and their continued kindness, I extend
them a very special thanks.

No author completes a book without the support of family. To mine, who
so patiently accepted postponements of visits and other infringements of
their time, I thank them and affectionately dedicate this book to them. Of
all my family, it is my husband Barry, who, however, deserves a unique
acknowledgment. Since we first met over twenty-six years ago, he shared my
love of art and encouraged it. This book was only possible because of years
of looking at pictures together both here and abroad. From the day we both
stared with admiration at the great Mattia Preti in the Dayton Art Institute
to the weeks spent trekking across Holland and Germany absorbing the
marvels of Wouwerman at Kassel or the brilliance of Frans Hals in Haarlem,
and the recent month spent discovering Guercino in Bologna, Rome, and
Dresden, our lives have been enriched by our mutual love of painting and
this book is one result. So to Barry, who continually opens my eyes anew
when he is in his studio and also when we are in museums, the final and
most loving thanks of all.

Adelheid M. Gealt
Bloomington, Indiana

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