Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam

Release on 2002 | by John Michael Montias

In a letter of 1619 that Edward Norgate wrote to the Royal Agent in Brussels , he stated that “ first and slight drawings [ are ] things never sold but given to friends that are Leefhebbers ” ( cited in Edward Norgate , ' Miniatura or ...

Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam

Author: John Michael Montias
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9053565914
Category: Art
Page: 336
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In this study of Amsterdam's Golden Age cultural elite, John Michael Montias analyzes records of auctions from the Orphan Chamber of Amsterdam through the first half of the seventeenth century, revealing a wealth of information on some 2,000 art buyers' regional origins, social and religious affiliations, wealth, and aesthetic preferences. Chapters focus not only on the art dealers who bought at these auctions, but also on buyers who had special connections with individual artists.

Language: en
Pages: 336

Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam

Authors: John Michael Montias

Categories: Art

Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Language: en
Pages: 316

Early Modern Color Worlds

Authors: Tawrin Baker, Sven Dupré, Sachiko Kusukawa, Karin Leonhard

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-23 - Publisher: BRILL

Many challenges hinder the historical study of early modern color. These essays offer a way forward through the category of ‘color worlds’—constituted by practices, concepts and objects—and examine the emergence of the languages and objects used to communicate between them.

Language: en
Pages: 316

Art and Diplomacy

Authors: Maija Jansson

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-31 - Publisher: BRILL

Art and Diplomacy is the study of decorative art employed by the English Crown to enhance royal letters to Russia and the Far East in the seventeenth-century.