The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and his Art Collection - Hardcover

Brotton, Jerry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405041528 ISBN 13: 9781405041522

Verlag: Macmillan, 2006

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`So wonderful and glorious a collection, that the like will never again be met with.' This is how one awed and wistful observer described King Charles' artworks. As an acquirer of paintings by Europe's great masters and patron of Rubens and Van Dyck, Charles's extravagance in amassing his collection only exacerbated the parliamentary disapproval that led to civil war and the King's own execution. After his death, one of the Commonwealth's first decrees was to sell off his treasures to raise money for the new regime. After the Restoration, one of Charles II's first resolutions was to get the collection back. Jerry Brotton tells the remarkable story of the king and his pictures: their acquisition, dispersal and eventual recovery. He reveals a world in which diplomats doubled as art dealers, and in which the king's plumber could be temporary owner of Bassano's The Flood. This is a vivid portrait of a tragic king and his decadent court, set against the backdrop of political conflict and civil war, which also offers a new and compelling perspective on art and the evolution of collecting in England.

Biografía del autor:

Jerry Brotton is Senior Lecturer in Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of several books, and his most recent, The Renaissance Bazaar, was highly acclaimed. He is a regular reviewer and broadcaster, appearing in the BBC documentary, Leonardo, and in The Medici on Channel 4.

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• Verlag: Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1405041528
• ISBN 13: 9781405041522
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464