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Regency Collectors: Buying and Displaying Old Masters in Early Nineteenth-Century England

Regency Collectors: Buying and Displaying Old Masters in Early Nineteenth-Century England - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter HumfreyPublish date:1/6/2026Pages:232
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ad IlissvmISBN-13:9781915401175ISBN-10:1915401178UPC:9781915401175Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Movements, EuropeanBook Topic:RomanticismSize:11.12 x 9.79 x 0.92 inchesWeight:3.0225Product ID:SCTYQ2H9JW

Regency Collectors: Buying and Displaying Old Masters in Early Nineteenth-Century England

The Regency was a period of crucial importance in the history of collecting Old Master paintings in England.

As the owners of aristocratic collections in France and Italy were forced by the political upheavals following the French Revolution to part with their inherited possessions, Old Masters arrived on the London art market in unprecedented quantity and quality. This book presents seven case...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Ad IlissvmISBN-13:9781915401175ISBN-10:1915401178UPC:9781915401175Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Movements, EuropeanBook Topic:RomanticismSize:11.12 x 9.79 x 0.92 inchesWeight:3.0225Product ID:SCTYQ2H9JW
Peter Humfrey is Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of St Andrews, where he taught from 1977 to 2012. His many books and articles on Venetian Renaissance art include The Altarpiece in Renaissance Venice (Yale UP, 1993) and the exhibition catalogue, Vittore Carpaccio (2002). More relevantly to the present book, he edited the volume The Reception of Titian in Britain from Reynolds to...
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