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The Sale of the Century: Artistic Relations Between Spain and Great Britain, 1604-1655

Categorie	Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer	#400767-LA16
Titel	The Sale of the Century: Artistic Relations Between Spain and Great Britain, 1604-1655
Auteur	Brown, Jonathan & John Elliott
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New Haven : Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	0300097611
ISBN13	9780300097610
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original grey cloth, dust jacket, numerous (full page) illustrations (including photographs) in colour and b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting	In 1649, following his defeat in the civil war, Charles I was executed, and his personal effects, including his great collection of works of art, were put up for sale. Over the next four years, masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Mantegna, Veronese, and other famous artists were covertly acquired by the Spanish ambassador in London. He shipped them to Madrid, where they were divided between the collections of Philip IV and his principal minister, Luis de Haro. In this book distinguished historians and art historians trace the political and artistic relationship of Britain and Spain in the first half of the seventeenth century, culminating in this "Sale of the Century.” The book includes portraits and biographies of the leading figures, contemporary representations of the major hist... (Lees verder)orical events, and an account of many of the masterpieces that moved from London to Madrid.
Pagina's	315
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 45,00

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